If you have two mergefields
Fieldone and Fieldtwo
insert a + sign between them so that you have
Fieldone + Fieldtwo
Then select them both and press Ctrl+F9 so that you have
{ Fieldone + Fieldtwo }
Then insert an = sign between the { and so that you have
{ =Fieldone + Fieldtwo }
Then press Alt+F9 a couple of times to toggle off the display of the field
codes.
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"XianProf" wrote in message
...
I considered that, but then I got to thinking that I SHOULD be able to do
this in Word, and it's always possible I may need this to work in the
future,
so I would really like to see this done.
"Doug Robbins" wrote:
Save yourself all of the trouble and get Excel to add the two values
together.
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"XianProf" wrote in message
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I checked, and the brackets are ctrl-f9 brackets. The = sign is there
as
well. If it helps, I am using Office XP Pro and my data source is an
Excel
file.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
You still haven't entered the fields correctly. The curly brackets are
set
with CTRL+F9 (three pairs) and of course you have to use the field
names
from your data file.
If you have two numbers with a plus sign select the lot, press CTRL+F9
to
make the lot into a field and add the = after the first bracket.
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XianProf wrote:
I ran into this same issue, but when I used this formula, I got a
!Syntax Error, - field result. To make sure I had the fields typed
in properly, I got rid of just the equal sign, and then the field
result gave me my 2 numbers with a plus sign between them (but not
the actual sum).
Marc
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
The syntax is
{ ={ Mergefield Fieldname1 } + { Mergefield Fieldname2 } }
where each pair of brackets is set with CTRL+F9
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Fuad wrote:
Dear All,
I am trying to sum up two fields in Word Mail Merge, but it seems
does not work. Does anyone have got any idea that can help me.
Thanks
Fuad