Is there a way to insert the date field and then have it increment by 7 days
so it provides next week's date? I tried a few things but none of them
worked. I know I could get this from Excel as a merge field, but if there's
a way in Word I'd really like to know. Thanks!

This can be done with fields, but it is complicated - see
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=249902
A macro might be simpler?

Sub DatePlus7()
Selection.InsertBefore Format((Date + 7), "d MMMM yyyy")
End Sub

(change the mask to suit local preferences)


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cottage6 wrote:
Is there a way to insert the date field and then have it increment by
7 days so it provides next week's date? I tried a few things but
none of them worked. I know I could get this from Excel as a merge
field, but if there's a way in Word I'd really like to know. Thanks!

This is more complex than you might imagine, but it can be done. See
http://addbalance.com/word/datefields2.htm for information on the different
kinds of ways to make a date calculation work. It includes links to pages
with fields and an explanation of different macros that can be used instead
of fields.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"cottage6" wrote in message
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Is there a way to insert the date field and then have it increment by 7
days
so it provides next week's date? I tried a few things but none of them
worked. I know I could get this from Excel as a merge field, but if
there's
a way in Word I'd really like to know. Thanks!

Thank you both for your answers; it is definitely more complex than I
thought. The VB code worked nicely!

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

This is more complex than you might imagine, but it can be done. See
http://addbalance.com/word/datefields2.htm for information on the different
kinds of ways to make a date calculation work. It includes links to pages
with fields and an explanation of different macros that can be used instead
of fields.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"cottage6" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to insert the date field and then have it increment by 7
days
so it provides next week's date? I tried a few things but none of them
worked. I know I could get this from Excel as a merge field, but if
there's
a way in Word I'd really like to know. Thanks!