Displaying Field Codes Instead of their values - What Is Going On?

 Displaying Field Codes Instead of their values - What Is Going On?


This situation crops up from time to time whereby a completed TOC, TOA and Index of Terms shows up as a one line field code instead of the usual look of the finished TOC, TOA and Index.  

If you want to see what this looks like go to a completed TOC, place your cursor on the completed TOC and use Shift and F9.  Upon doing so, your TOC will collapse (toggle), down to a one line field code.  If you right click on that same TOC, and select Toggle Field Code you will get the same result.  Doing Shift F9 again and/or the Toggle will then reverse the process.

If this happens to you at work, and you never experienced this before, this minor problem can take you off guard.

So, the question becomes what is causing my TOC, TOA and Index to display as a one line field code?

The setting under File, Options, Advanced, Show Document Content, "Show Field Codes Instead of their values" is the culprit and that needs to be unchecked.

Note:  when a TOC, TOA or Index is displaying as a 1 line Field Code, using your "Print Preview In Edit Mode Button" (the spyglass icon) or File, Print will always show you the entire TOC, TOA and Index the way it would look when printed.  So, it is just a setting and easy to correct!  And, even if collapsed as a one line field code, it will still print normally.

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