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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >