Sometimes creating and maintaining templates can be a frustrating process. There are those times when you copy a piece of code from an older document that has been working perfectly, but it doesn’t work in the new document.
It’s incredibly frustrating and easily to fall into the trap of spending hours going down rabbit holes trying to troubleshoot the issue.
One of the things I’ve learned over time is that if a code that’s been copy and pasted in Word isn’t working, it’s probably an issue with the Word paste function. Sometimes, as frustrating as it can be, simply retyping the code can be the quickest way to resolve the issue.
The mergefield test tool in Actionstep can also be a great tool in these situations – if it’s working in the mergefield test tool but not in Word, it’s probably a Word issue.
Another way to troubleshoot if you’re working on a long or complex piece of code is to break it down, and test each element.
Most of the time, a coding issue is usually something simple like a comma in the wrong place or a small typo. It’s amazing how a simple error can hide in plain sight.