What is possible, though not necessarily advisable, is to add macros to, say, Word's Normal template to trigger the field updating any time a document is opened or saved. Of course, you wouldn't want to use one of these in most documents as the forms protection that these require severely restricts editing. Fields that do still update automatically include most fields ordinarily used in page headers/footers (and this includes certain fields that don't update automatically when in the body of the document).Īnd yes, there is an option that updates all fields automatically if any of them change - its any formfield that has the 'calculate on exit' option checked. Some years ago, MS did change the update of some fields that previously updated automatically in the body of the document, but not all. There are numerous fields a user wouldn't want to update automatically, including ASK & FILLIN fields. Whilst links use fields, not all fields are links.
Word has never had such an option, but has had an option to update links automatically.
