Changing a Field Reference

A field reference is a static string used by a reference field to indicate the relative position of a field. For example, if you were to define a field for an account number that appears in different locations on different documents, but always appears after the string "YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER:", the field reference for the field would be "YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER:".

The procedure below describes how to change the field reference for an existing reference field. For example, you could use this procedure to change the field reference "YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER:" to "ACCOUNT NUMBER:". To redefine a field reference, follow these steps:

  1. Use the Fields list to select the field whose field reference you want to change. After you select the field, it is highlighted in green and the field reference is highlighted in yellow. If the field location and field reference overlap, they are displayed in cyan.
  2. Use the mouse to select the new reference position.
    Note: If you click on any alphanumeric string that is delimited by a blank (or that is delimited by a hex value that is less than 20), such as a word or ZIP Code™, Enrichment Visual Engineer Plus automatically selects and outlines the string.
  3. Click Field > Set Field Reference. The New Field window is displayed.
  4. Click Modify Current Field to move the field reference to a new position.
  5. Click OK. The new field reference is displayed in yellow.