
It’s like magic! As I said, most users know about Ctrl+A, but they don’t realize how versatile it is. Figure C Update all the fields in all the footnotes. Word warns you that you can’t undo the action, but you can by pressing Ctrl+Z.įigure B Select all footnotes with Ctrl+A. Press F9 to update any fields in all the selected footnotes and click Yes to see the updated fields, as shown in Figure C.

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Get Microsoft Office Pro and lifetime access to 5 top apps for $59.99 I’ll also provide a macro, in case that’s what Rory truly needs. There are two ways to select footnotes and update the fields without using VBA code. Selecting each field code manually is tedious–and fortunately, unnecessary, so Rory doesn’t need a macro.

You must select them and press F9 to force them to update. It’s slick, but the field codes in the footnotes don’t update automatically.

His scheme is a bit of genius and involves field codes, hyperlinks, and cross-references. Rory was hoping for a macro that would select and update the field codes in his footnotes. Most Word users learn quickly that pressing Ctrl+A selects the entire document–except headers, footers, footnotes, and endnotes. When you need to select all the footnotes in a document, these two manual methods-or one VBA procedure-will get the job done. Office Q&A: Three ways to select all footnotes in a document
