How do I hide field codes?

Press Alt+F9 to turn off field codes currently on the page. To turn off a field code for a specific field, click on the field and press Shift+F9 instead. Click the Office button and select "Word Options" to turn off field codes by default. Select the "Advanced" tab in the "Word Options" window.
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Why are field codes showing in Word?

If you see field codes showing repeatedly, check your word processor settings for displaying fields. In Word for Windows, open Word Options, then choose “Advanced” and uncheck the “Show field codes instead of their values” box.
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How do I permanently toggle field codes in Word Mac?

It isn't a setting within the document, it's an application setting :-) Use Option+F9 to toggle display of field codes on/off. Alternatively you can right-click any given field & select Toggle Field Codes from the shortcut menu or use Command+A to select all, then use that method to toggle all field codes at once.
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How do you remove field codes from table of contents?

Solution: Go to your original document, select the TOC and press Command Shift F9. This will "unlink" the TOC field and convert it to text.
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How do you remove field codes on Mac?

Press [Apple]+6 or [Command]+6 (above the "T" and "Y" key) to remove any additional hidden field codes.
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How do I turn off field codes in Word 2007, 2010, 2016?



How do I get rid of the GREY text field in Word?

Removing form field shading from legacy fields
  1. On the Developer tab, click Design Mode. The gray shading in the legacy form field.
  2. In the Controls group, click Legacy Tools.
  3. Click Form Field Shading.
  4. Click Design Mode again to toggle it off. The gray shading in the form field is now gone.
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How do I turn off toggle field codes in Word?

Press Alt+F9 to turn off field codes currently on the page. To turn off a field code for a specific field, click on the field and press Shift+F9 instead. Click the Office button and select "Word Options" to turn off field codes by default.
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How do I turn a Table of Contents into plain formatted text?

Ctrl-Shift-F9 converts the TOC to plain text.
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How do I get rid of GREY brackets in Word for Mac?

Go to Word> Preferences - View to see if the box is checked for Bookmarks. If it is, clear the check & see whether the brackets continue to display when you close the Preferences window.
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How do you remove content control in Word?

If you would like to delete or remove Content controls in Word:
  1. Press Ctrl+A to select the entire document.
  2. Then, right-click a visible content control.
  3. Now, in the context menu that appears on your computer screen, click Remove Content Control.
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How do I toggle all field codes in Word?

To toggle all the fields in your document, press Alt + F9. So if you open a document and see field codes instead of results, simply press Alt + F9 to toggle them all.
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How do I view hidden codes in Word?

Click File > Options > Display, and then under Always show these formatting marks on the screen, select the Hidden text check box.
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How do I remove highlighted fields in Word?

Remove highlighting from part or all of a document

Select the text that you want to remove highlighting from, or press Ctrl+A to select all of the text in the document. Go to Home and select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color. Select No Color.
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How do I toggle field codes in mail merge?

In the main Word mail merge document, select the number field. Right-click the field and choose Toggle Field Codes from the drop-down menu to display the field code. You can also press Shift + F9 to display the field code.
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How do I turn off field view in Mail Merge?

Press ALT + F9 to toggle Field Codes on/off.
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Why are there GREY brackets in Word?

Maybe they are marks for editable ranges. If you're not interested in keeping the editable ranges, you can go to the Review tab, click Restrict Document. At the bottom of the pane, click Stop Protection. Then uncheck Allow only this type of editing...
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What are the GREY square brackets in Word?

The gray square brackets represent bookmarks. If you don't want to see them, go to Tools Options View and uncheck the Bookmarks option. in the Tools Options (Edit or View) options either.
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How do I turn off automatic Table of Contents?

The Normal file has all of the table of content (ToC) styles set to automatic updates. As best I can tell, the only way to disable that setting is one-by-one, and that involves multiple steps (click the style, click Modify, toggle Automatic update, click Ok, repeat).
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How do I remove a table but keep the text in Excel?

Tip. To remove a table but keep data and formatting, go to the Design tab Tools group, and click Convert to Range. Or, right-click anywhere within the table, and select Table > Convert to Range.
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How do you remove a table but keep the text in Google Docs?

For Windows 2007,
  1. Select the Table.
  2. Click Layout tab.
  3. In the Data section, click 'convert to text'.
  4. A dialog box appears ['Convert table to text'].
  5. Select other and specify a space in the text box next to it.
  6. Click ok.
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How do you change field codes to text in Word?

Press Ctrl+Shift+F9. This converts the field to actual text.
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How do you remove a field shading?

When found, click the option to open the 'Word Options' dialog box displays. When the 'Word Options' dialog box appears, click “Advanced” button. Next, scroll down to the “Show document content” section and locate “Field shading” option. Thereafter, click on the drop-down arrow of the option and select “Never”.
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How do I remove text formatting in Word?

Clear formatting from text
  1. Select the text that you want to return to its default formatting.
  2. In Word: On the Edit menu, click Clear and then select Clear Formatting. In PowerPoint: On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Clear All Formatting .
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How do you reveal codes?

There are several ways to turn on Reveal Codes, so pick your favorite and stick with it: press Alt+F3; click View, Reveal Codes; or click and drag the Reveal Codes bar up into the document. Note that the Reveal Codes bar is found at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar. It is a bar underneath the double-arrow button.
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What does Ctrl Shift F9 do?

Shift+F9: Reveal a field's code. Ctrl+F9: Insert new Empty Field {} braces. Ctrl+Shift+F9: Unlink a field. Alt+F9: Toggle the display of a field's code.
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