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To switch the field display between the field name or the field content, choose <link href="text/swriter/01/03090000.xhp" name="View - Fields"><emph>View - Field Names</emph></link>.</paragraph> 54 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150536" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="195">To display or hide field highlighting in a document, choose <emph>View - Field Shadings</emph>. To permanently disable this feature, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - $[officename] - Appearance</emph>, and clear the check box in front of <emph>Field shadings</emph>.</paragraph> 55 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152885" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="7">To change the color of field shadings, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01012000.xhp" name="$[officename] - Appearance"><item type="menuitem">$[officename] - Appearance</item></link></emph>, locate the <item type="menuitem">Field shadings</item> option, and then select a different color in the <item type="menuitem">Color setting</item> box.</paragraph> 56 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153166" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Field Properties</paragraph> 57 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153180" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="181">Most field types in a document, including database fields, store and display variable values.</paragraph> 58 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155533" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="182">The following field types execute an action when you click the field:</paragraph> 59 <table id="tbl_id3155548"> 60 <tablerow> 61 <tablecell> 62 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155582" role="tablehead" l10n="U" oldref="183">Field Type</paragraph> 63 </tablecell> 64 <tablecell> 65 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147760" role="tablehead" l10n="U" oldref="184">Property</paragraph> 66 </tablecell> 67 </tablerow> 68 <tablerow> 69 <tablecell> 70 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147789" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="185">Placeholder</paragraph> 71 </tablecell> 72 <tablecell> 73 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147812" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="186">Opens a dialog to insert the object for which the placeholder was set.</paragraph> 74 </tablecell> 75 </tablerow> 76 <tablerow> 77 <tablecell> 78 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147216" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="187">Insert Reference</paragraph> 79 </tablecell> 80 <tablecell> 81 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147239" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="188">Moves the mouse pointer to the reference.</paragraph> 82 </tablecell> 83 </tablerow> 84 <tablerow> 85 <tablecell> 86 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147267" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="189">Run macro</paragraph> 87 </tablecell> 88 <tablecell> 89 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147290" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="190">Runs a macro.</paragraph> 90 </tablecell> 91 </tablerow> 92 <tablerow> 93 <tablecell> 94 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145614" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="191">Input Field</paragraph> 95 </tablecell> 96 <tablecell> 97 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145637" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="192">Opens a dialog to edit the contents of the field.</paragraph> 98 </tablecell> 99 </tablerow> 100 </table> 101 102 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151244" role="note" l10n="U" oldref="10">Placeholder, hidden text, insert reference, variable, database, and user-defined fields display a help tip when you rest the mouse pointer over the field in a document. To enable this feature, ensure that the Extended Tips<emph/>option (<item type="menuitem">What's This?</item>) is selected in the <item type="menuitem">Help</item> menu.</paragraph> 103 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155937" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 104 oldref="11">Updating Fields</paragraph> 105 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155963" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="12">To update all of the fields in a document, press F9, or choose <emph>Edit - Select All</emph>, and then press F9.</paragraph> 106 <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155984" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="13">To update a field that was inserted from a database, select the field, and then press F9.</paragraph> 107 <embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 108 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_userdata.xhp#fields_userdata"/> 109 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_enter.xhp#fields_enter"/> 110 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_date.xhp#fields_date"/> 111 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/conditional_text.xhp#conditional_text"/> 112 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/conditional_text2.xhp#conditional_text2"/> 113 <embed href="text/swriter/guide/pagenumbers.xhp#pagenumbers"/> 114 </body> 115</helpdocument>