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field codes in Word 2007
I have an existing form (not created as a form, just as a word doc) and I
want to add fields that act like cells in excel. An example would be: Field A has a dollar amount, Field B has a dollar amount, Field C would be the sum of A and B I've tried Word Help "Field codes: SET field" but I can't get it to work. Can this be done? -- rz |
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I keep saying to myself that I have to learn how to do this with Content
Controls, but if you need a quick answer, on the Developer tab, go to the Controls section and select the Legacy Tools folder and insert Text FormFields. If you are not familiar with that type of control as used in previous versions of Word, see http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "rz" wrote in message ... I have an existing form (not created as a form, just as a word doc) and I want to add fields that act like cells in excel. An example would be: Field A has a dollar amount, Field B has a dollar amount, Field C would be the sum of A and B I've tried Word Help "Field codes: SET field" but I can't get it to work. Can this be done? -- rz |
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Doug
That is an easy way to put in Text Form Fields, but I still don't see how I can include a formula. In Word Help it shows an example of using formulas, I can't seem to get it to work. Any ideas? -- rz "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: I keep saying to myself that I have to learn how to do this with Content Controls, but if you need a quick answer, on the Developer tab, go to the Controls section and select the Legacy Tools folder and insert Text FormFields. If you are not familiar with that type of control as used in previous versions of Word, see http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "rz" wrote in message ... I have an existing form (not created as a form, just as a word doc) and I want to add fields that act like cells in excel. An example would be: Field A has a dollar amount, Field B has a dollar amount, Field C would be the sum of A and B I've tried Word Help "Field codes: SET field" but I can't get it to work. Can this be done? -- rz |
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I believe that each field needs a bookmark, or name to write a formula.
In field 3 {= field 1 + field 2} or something like that. -- rz "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: I keep saying to myself that I have to learn how to do this with Content Controls, but if you need a quick answer, on the Developer tab, go to the Controls section and select the Legacy Tools folder and insert Text FormFields. If you are not familiar with that type of control as used in previous versions of Word, see http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "rz" wrote in message ... I have an existing form (not created as a form, just as a word doc) and I want to add fields that act like cells in excel. An example would be: Field A has a dollar amount, Field B has a dollar amount, Field C would be the sum of A and B I've tried Word Help "Field codes: SET field" but I can't get it to work. Can this be done? -- rz |
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That's correct. Suppose I have three number: 111, 222, and 333, and I
bookmark them as A, B, and C, respectively. I can then add them by using { = A+B+C}. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "rz" wrote in message ... I believe that each field needs a bookmark, or name to write a formula. In field 3 {= field 1 + field 2} or something like that. -- rz "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: I keep saying to myself that I have to learn how to do this with Content Controls, but if you need a quick answer, on the Developer tab, go to the Controls section and select the Legacy Tools folder and insert Text FormFields. If you are not familiar with that type of control as used in previous versions of Word, see http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "rz" wrote in message ... I have an existing form (not created as a form, just as a word doc) and I want to add fields that act like cells in excel. An example would be: Field A has a dollar amount, Field B has a dollar amount, Field C would be the sum of A and B I've tried Word Help "Field codes: SET field" but I can't get it to work. Can this be done? -- rz |
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