How do I update all fields in a Word document?

Solution 1:

Go into the print settings, select update fields. Then go to print, or print preview your doc.

Et voilà, all fields are updated!

MS Word Print Options from Word of Mac 2016

Solution 2:

I just do Ctrl+A - to select everything - and then F9 to update the lot.

Although, this misses headers and footers, but they update when you print/print-preview IIRC.

###Update

I've found the following macro. On a quick test it updated tables of contents, fields within paragraphs, fields within the header and footer, and fields within a floating text box figure.

Hopefully that covers everything that you need, if not please indicate what is still failing to update.

Source: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Sub UpdateAll()
    Dim oStory As Range
    For Each oStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
        oStory.Fields.Update
        If oStory.StoryType <> wdMainTextStory Then
            While Not (oStory.NextStoryRange Is Nothing)
                Set oStory = oStory.NextStoryRange
                oStory.Fields.Update
            Wend
        End If
    Next oStory
    Set oStory = Nothing
End Sub

Solution 3:

This page looks interesting:

If you are using Word 2007, the process is a bit different: Click the Office button and then click Word Options. Word displays the Word Options dialog box. Click on Advanced at the left side of the dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.) In the General area (scroll down a bit to see it), make sure the Update Automatic Links at Open check box is selected. Click on OK. That setting should make sure that all your links are always up to date. If you want to update the fields when the document is opened, you'll need to use a macro to accomplish the task. Specifically, you'll need to use either an AutoOpen or AutoClose macro, depending on whether you want to update the fields when the document opens or closes. The following is an example of an AutoOpen macro you can use.

Sub AutoOpen()
    With Options
        .UpdateFieldsAtPrint = True
        .UpdateLinksAtPrint = True
    End With
    ActiveDocument.Fields.Update
End Sub

Note that the macro makes sure that the options are set to force updating the fields and links when printing occurs, then it updates all the members of the Fields collection in the document. If you, instead, wanted to update the fields at closing, you could use this macro:

Sub AutoClose()
    ActiveDocument.Fields.Update
End Sub

This macro is much shorter because there is no need to set the update-on-print options when you are exiting the document.exiting the document.

Solution 4:

Word 2010:

Right click the ribbon, customise the ribbon, choose command from "all commands" search for "update" and add it where you want.

This button updates only selected fields.
Then, to update all fields, press Ctrl + A then this button.

Solution 5:

If you want to properly update all headers and footers, this worked for me:

    Dim oStory As Range
    Dim oSection As Object
    Dim oHeader As Object
    Dim oFooter As Object

    For Each oStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
        oStory.Fields.Update
    Next oStory

        For Each oSection In ActiveDocument.Sections
             For Each oHeader In oSection.Headers
                 oHeader.Range.Fields.Update
             Next oHeader
            
             For Each oFooter In oSection.Footers
                 oFooter.Range.Fields.Update
             Next oFooter
        Next oSection