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Calculate elapsed time in Word table?
Hello. Is there a relatively easy way to have a formula in one cell show the
product of subracting the time in cell B minus cell A? I know how to do this in Excel but would appreciate guidance about doing this in Word 2007. Thanks! -- Jeff Matranga |
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Calculate elapsed time in Word table?
Hi Jeff,
Yes, provided you've only got one calculation to do. The formula is far from simple though! To see what I mean, check out my Microsoft Word Date Calculation Tutorial, at: http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/ind...owtopic=249902 or http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party In particular, look at the item titled 'Add Or Subtract Two Time Periods'. Do read the document's introductory material. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "jeff m" wrote in message ... Hello. Is there a relatively easy way to have a formula in one cell show the product of subracting the time in cell B minus cell A? I know how to do this in Excel but would appreciate guidance about doing this in Word 2007. Thanks! -- Jeff Matranga |
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Calculate elapsed time in Word table?
The easiest thing would be to insert an Excel spreadsheet into the Word
document. -- 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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "jeff m" wrote in message ... Hello. Is there a relatively easy way to have a formula in one cell show the product of subracting the time in cell B minus cell A? I know how to do this in Excel but would appreciate guidance about doing this in Word 2007. Thanks! -- Jeff Matranga |
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Calculate elapsed time in Word table?
Or using text formfields, with the document protected for forms, and an 'on exit' macro to do the calculation and insert the result
into the required cell (eg via another formfield). A suitable 'on exit' macro might look like: Sub TimeDiff() With ActiveDocument .FormFields("Text3").Result = _ Format(CDate(.FormFields("Text1").Result) - CDate(.FormFields("Text2").Result), "HH:mm") End With End Sub -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... The easiest thing would be to insert an Excel spreadsheet into the Word document. -- 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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "jeff m" wrote in message ... Hello. Is there a relatively easy way to have a formula in one cell show the product of subracting the time in cell B minus cell A? I know how to do this in Excel but would appreciate guidance about doing this in Word 2007. Thanks! -- Jeff Matranga |
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Calculate elapsed time in Word table?
Thank you, everyone! Jeff
-- Jeff Matranga "macropod" wrote: Hi Jeff, Yes, provided you've only got one calculation to do. The formula is far from simple though! To see what I mean, check out my Microsoft Word Date Calculation Tutorial, at: http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/ind...owtopic=249902 or http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party In particular, look at the item titled 'Add Or Subtract Two Time Periods'. Do read the document's introductory material. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "jeff m" wrote in message ... Hello. Is there a relatively easy way to have a formula in one cell show the product of subracting the time in cell B minus cell A? I know how to do this in Excel but would appreciate guidance about doing this in Word 2007. Thanks! -- Jeff Matranga . |
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