[dba-Tech] Fw: Word calculating field question

Tina Norris Fields tinanfields at torchlake.com
Fri Dec 11 10:38:40 CST 2009


Susan, I'll try to look further into this - won't get to it until 
tonight, though.  I'll let you know what I find.
T

Susan Harkins wrote:
> Tina, I'm inserting form fields into a table. But for the life of me, I 
> can't figure out how to refer to them so I can plug one into a formula.
>
> Hire Date Form Field
> Probation End: HireDate + 90
>
> It seems like it should be simple, but maybe Word just can't do this. I 
> can't figure out how to name the form field, and I thought you could. I 
> could swear I've done this before, but I'm just not having any luck.
>
> Susan H.
>
>
>
>   
>> Hi Susan,
>>
>> I'm not sure, but the hassles involved in doing any calculations in Word
>> are why I generally don't.  You can write formulas in a Word table cell
>> that refer to other table cells, but it's ever so much more difficult
>> than using Excel, and there's precious little guidance in the Help.  I
>> use bookmarks and cross-references often in Word, but usually for
>> location (page number) or for table of contents.  Another possibility
>> comes to mind - form fields.  Word has many of them - I usually use just
>> a few of those, as in "Click here and type the name" or whatever, and
>> check boxes.  Have you looked into those?
>>
>> T
>>
>> Susan Harkins wrote:
>>     
>>> After doing a bit of research, it seems the only way to do this is to 
>>> create
>>> a bookmark that points to the field and refer to the bookmark. Is this
>>> really the only and best way to do this?
>>>
>>> Susan H.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I want to use a Word field to evaluate another field value in a
>>>> calculation. How can I do this? For instance, if one field is today's 
>>>> date
>>>> (DATE), how can I get a formula in EQ field to reference the date field?
>>>>
>>>> I have Equation Editor installed and I don't have any problem inserting
>>>> simple equations.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
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