Fields provide many ways to automate tasks in Ms Word. Our previous blog we have shown how to add fields and automate some tasks. This blog covers all the word field keyboard shortcut that will be useful while working with them. This include keyboard shortcut to insert new field, show/hide or toggle field, update field and many more. The exhaustive list of Ms Word keyboard shortcut you can visit official Ms Word site.
Word keyboard shortcut while working with field
| To do this | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Insert an empty field | ⌘+F9 | Ctrl+F9 |
| Update the linked information in a source document | ⌘+Shift+F7 | Ctrl+Shift+F7 |
| Update selected fields | F9 | F9 |
| Unlink a field | ⌘+Shift+F9 | Ctrl+Shift+F9 |
| Toggle selected field code (switch between selected field code and its result) | Shift+F9 | Shift+F9 |
| Toggle all field code (switch between all field code and its results) | Option+F9 | Alt+F9 |
| Go to next field | F11 | F11 |
| Go to previous field | Shift+f11 | Shift+F11 |
| Lock a field | ⌘+F11 | Ctrl+F11 |
| Unlock a field | ⌘+Shift+F11 | Ctrl+Shift+F11 |
| Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from a field displaying field results | Option+Shift+F9 | Alt+Shift+F9 |
| Insert DATE field | Control+Shift+D | Alt+Shift+D |
| Insert TIME field | Control+Shift+T | Alt+Shift+T |
| Insert PAGE field | Control+Shift+P | Alt+Shift+P |
| Insert a LISTNUM field | ⌘+Option+Shift+L | Ctrl+Alt+L |
| Insert a MERGE field | Alt+Shift+F |