Can I set a hyperlink's display text from a document property?

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Published on 2012-10-17T16:32:35Z Indexed on 2012/10/17 17:05 UTC
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I'm trying to make a word document customizable through a document property that contains the base URL of all the links. I've managed to make the links themselves reference the document property like this:

{ HYPERLINK { QUOTE "http://{ DOCPROPERTY Host}/some/path" } }

Changing the document property and updating the files makes the hyperlinks point to the correct URL. However, visually, nothing changes - the old URL is still shown as the display text of the hyperlink. Is there a way to make this work?

Microsoft docs helpfully state

You can edit the display text for the field by typing over it.

but I can't figure out how that is supposed to work - even if I manually type over the hyperlink, it includes the edits in the field code instead of adjusting the display text.

Currently attempting in Word 2002, but 2010 also available.

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