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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> 4611028d3cSmseidel<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> - $[officename] - Appearance</emph>, and clear the check box in front of <emph>Field shadings</emph>.</paragraph> 4711028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152885" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="7">To change the color of field shadings, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01012000.xhp" name="$[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> 4811028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153166" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Field Properties</paragraph> 4911028d3cSmseidel<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> 5011028d3cSmseidel<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> 5111028d3cSmseidel<table id="tbl_id3155548"> 5211028d3cSmseidel<tablerow> 5311028d3cSmseidel<tablecell> 5411028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155582" role="tablehead" l10n="U" oldref="183">Field Type</paragraph> 5511028d3cSmseidel</tablecell> 5611028d3cSmseidel<tablecell> 5711028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147760" role="tablehead" l10n="U" oldref="184">Property</paragraph> 5811028d3cSmseidel</tablecell> 5911028d3cSmseidel</tablerow> 6011028d3cSmseidel<tablerow> 6111028d3cSmseidel<tablecell> 6211028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147789" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="185">Placeholder</paragraph> 6311028d3cSmseidel</tablecell> 6411028d3cSmseidel<tablecell> 6511028d3cSmseidel<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> 6611028d3cSmseidel</tablecell> 6711028d3cSmseidel</tablerow> 6811028d3cSmseidel<tablerow> 6911028d3cSmseidel<tablecell> 7011028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147216" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="187">Insert Reference</paragraph> 7111028d3cSmseidel</tablecell> 7211028d3cSmseidel<tablecell> 7311028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147239" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="188">Moves the mouse pointer to the reference.</paragraph> 7411028d3cSmseidel</tablecell> 7511028d3cSmseidel</tablerow> 7611028d3cSmseidel<tablerow> 7711028d3cSmseidel<tablecell> 7811028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147267" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="189">Run macro</paragraph> 7911028d3cSmseidel</tablecell> 8011028d3cSmseidel<tablecell> 8111028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147290" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="190">Runs a macro.</paragraph> 8211028d3cSmseidel</tablecell> 8311028d3cSmseidel</tablerow> 8411028d3cSmseidel<tablerow> 8511028d3cSmseidel<tablecell> 8611028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145614" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="191">Input Field</paragraph> 8711028d3cSmseidel</tablecell> 8811028d3cSmseidel<tablecell> 8911028d3cSmseidel<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> 9011028d3cSmseidel</tablecell> 9111028d3cSmseidel</tablerow> 9211028d3cSmseidel</table> 9311028d3cSmseidel<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 option (<item type="menuitem">What's This?</item>) is selected in the <item type="menuitem">Help</item> menu.</paragraph> 9411028d3cSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155937" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 9511028d3cSmseideloldref="11">Updating Fields</paragraph> 9611028d3cSmseidel<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> 9711028d3cSmseidel<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> 9811028d3cSmseidel<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 9911028d3cSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_userdata.xhp#fields_userdata"/> 10011028d3cSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_enter.xhp#fields_enter"/> 10111028d3cSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_date.xhp#fields_date"/> 10211028d3cSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/conditional_text.xhp#conditional_text"/> 10311028d3cSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/conditional_text2.xhp#conditional_text2"/> 10411028d3cSmseidel<embed href="text/swriter/guide/pagenumbers.xhp#pagenumbers"/> 10511028d3cSmseidel</body> 10611028d3cSmseidel</helpdocument> 107