It can with a little bit of VBA using the DateAdd(), DateDiff() functions
for example.
Or if you are a field masochist/afficionado like fellow MVP Macropod, you
can do it as shown at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=249902
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Hope this helps.
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Karin" wrote in message
...
After a lot of searching of this forum, the knowledge base, and the help
files, I can't help but wonder
Why can't Word handle dates?
Why can't I ask a user for different date information and do calculations
on
the input?