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August 13th 12, 07:44 PM
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word 2010 auto date field
have tried making this happen for days, so please help:
what i want is to create a field in MS Word 2010 that will automatically populate with the current year minus one . . so it would show 2011 this year, 2012 when it's 2013, etc. . . my best current guess is some kind of function like ={DATE \@ "yyyy"}-1 but just can't get it to happen . . help please! 
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August 13th 12, 11:46 PM
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word 2010 auto date field
You're very close. This should work:
{ = { DATE \@ "YYYY" } - 1 } Note that you have to insert each pair of field delimiter by pressing Ctrl+F9. Also, be sure to include spaces as suggested by the example above. To update fields in the selection, press F9. To show/hide field all codes, press Alt+F9. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "mlhill" wrote in message ... have tried making this happen for days, so please help: what i want is to create a field in MS Word 2010 that will automatically populate with the current year minus one . . so it would show 2011 this year, 2012 when it's 2013, etc. . . my best current guess is some kind of function like ={DATE \@ "yyyy"}-1 but just can't get it to happen . . help please! -- mlhill
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August 14th 12, 02:09 AM
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Try:
{={DATE \@"yyyy"}-1} Quote:
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August 14th 12, 01:10 PM
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you're *awesome* . . worked perfectly . . i had no idea to do field delimiters inside other delimiters . . i was just putting in the brackets manually .
thank you so much! Quote:
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August 14th 12, 06:53 PM
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word 2010 auto date field
I'm glad I could help!
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "mlhill" wrote in message ... you're *awesome* . . worked perfectly . . i had no idea to do field delimiters inside other delimiters . . i was just putting in the brackets manually . thank you so much! 'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote: ;493070']You're very close. This should work: { = { DATE \@ "YYYY" } - 1 } Note that you have to insert each pair of field delimiter by pressing Ctrl+F9. Also, be sure to include spaces as suggested by the example above. To update fields in the selection, press F9. To show/hide field all codes, press Alt+F9. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "mlhill" wrote in message ... have tried making this happen for days, so please help: what i want is to create a field in MS Word 2010 that will automatically populate with the current year minus one . . so it would show 2011 this year, 2012 when it's 2013, etc. . . my best current guess is some kind of function like ={DATE \@ "yyyy"}-1 but just can't get it to happen . . help please! -- mlhill -- mlhill
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