Note that a text box in Word is actually a shape which means that it acts as other shapes in relation to updating fields. This also means that you may need to manually take care of the field update in those areas of a document. This automatic control does not apply to fields in footnotes, endnotes, text boxes and shapes.
Fields in footnotes, endnotes, text boxes and shapesĪs is true for headers and footers, footnotes, endnotes, text boxes and shapes you create using the tools in Insert tab > Illustrations group > Shapes reside in their own layers in a Word document, separated from the main body.Īs explained above, fields in headers and footers are updated more automatically than other fields.