DataFields.Item

Property Item(IndexOrName As Variant) As DataField

The Item property returns the data item (DataField object) representing a data field. It is the default property of the DataFields class.

The Item property returns a read-only value.

Parameter

Description

IndexOrName

Specifies the data field by its index number or name:

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Index — Specifies the preset placeholder that uniquely identifies each member of the DataFields collection

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Name — Specifies the string that uniquely identifies each data field

The following VBA example shows the format string used to format the data of the Cost field.

Sub Test()

MsgBox ActiveDocument.DataFields.Item("Cost").Format

End Sub