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Field codes: Comments field
 

{ COMMENTS ["NewComments" ] }

Inserts contents of the Comments box on the Summary tab in the Properties dialog box (File menu) for the active document (active document: The document in which you're working. Text you type or graphics you insert in Microsoft Word appear in the active document. The title bar of the active document is highlighted.) or template (template: A file or files that contain the structure and tools for shaping such elements as the style and page layout of finished files. For example, Word templates can shape a single document, and FrontPage templates can shape an entire Web site.).

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"NewComments"

Optional text that replaces the current contents of the Comments box. The text can contain no more than 255 characters and must be enclosed in quotation marks.

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In the following example, a FILLIN field prompts for new comments. Microsoft Word prints your response (for instance, "Revisions resulting from management review") in place of the COMMENTS field in the document and adds your revised response to the Comments box in the Properties dialog box.

Revision activity: { COMMENTS " { FILLIN "Update Comments property for this revision:" } " }

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