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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145576" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="3"><variable id="fields"><link href="text/swriter/guide/fields.xhp" name="About Fields">About Fields</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154246" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Fields are used for data that changes in a document, such as the current date or the total number of pages in a document.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154262" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Viewing Fields</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150509" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Fields consist of a field name and the field content. 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>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150536" xml-lang="en-US" 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>Tools - Options - $[officename] - Appearance</emph>, and clear the check box in front of <emph>Field shadings</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152885" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">To change the color of field shadings, choose <link href="text/shared/optionen/01012000.xhp" name="Tools - Options - $[officename] - Appearance"><emph>Tools - Options - $[officename] - Appearance</emph></link>, locate the <emph>Field shadings</emph> option, and then select a different color in the <emph>Color setting </emph>box.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153166" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Field Properties</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153180" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="181">Most field types in a document, including database fields, store and display variable values.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155533" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="182">The following field types execute an action when you click the field:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147812" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="186">Opens a dialog to insert the object for which the placeholder was set.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147216" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="187">Insert Reference</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3147239" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="188">Moves the mouse pointer to the reference.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3151244" xml-lang="en-US" 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 <emph>Extended Tips </emph>option is selected in the <emph>Help</emph> menu.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155937" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="11">Updating Fields</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155963" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">To update a field that was inserted from a database, select the field, and then press F9.</paragraph>
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