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Converting a Field into Text

You can change a field to regular text, so that it is no longer updated. After you change a field to text, you cannot change the text back into a field.

  1. Select the field and choose Edit - Cut.

  2. Choose Edit - Paste Special.

  3. Click "Unformatted text" in the Selection list, and then click OK.

About Fields

Paste Special

Index

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