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Microsoft Word 2007 opening all docs with field codes toggled off

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Problem

Recently, something changed with my Microsoft Word 2007 installation/preferences on Windows XP, such that whenever I open a word document, all the field codes are displayed raw instead of as their expanded value. For example, my header reads: But, if I copy and paste it here, it reads expanded: I eā€¦

Error Output

My Name { TITLE \* MERGEFORMAT }    Version { REVNUM \* MERGEFORMAT }

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Fix for: Microsoft Word 2007 opening all docs with field codes toggled off

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I found the control in Word 2007 in the Advanced section of the options dialog under 'Show Document Content':

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