I have a Word document in which I use Ask and Ref field codes to input the
current year. The field is called "Year". In a few sentences, I'd like to
automatically increment the current year upward by one. So I have tried a
field code of Ref Year +1, but that just returns the current year. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Try

{ = { REF Year } + 1 }

(all the {} have to be the special field code braces that you can insert
using ctrl-F9)

Peter Jamieson
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I have a Word document in which I use Ask and Ref field codes to input the
current year. The field is called "Year". In a few sentences, I'd like
to
automatically increment the current year upward by one. So I have tried a
field code of Ref Year +1, but that just returns the current year. Any
ideas?

Thanks.

{ = {CreateDate \@ "dddd" } + 1 }
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"MikeC" wrote in message
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I have a Word document in which I use Ask and Ref field codes to input the
current year. The field is called "Year". In a few sentences, I'd like
to
automatically increment the current year upward by one. So I have tried a
field code of Ref Year +1, but that just returns the current year. Any
ideas?

Thanks.

?
{ = {CreateDate \@ "yyyy" } + 1 }

might be nearer what you had in mind.


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Charles Kenyon wrote:
{ = {CreateDate \@ "dddd" } + 1 }

"MikeC" wrote in message
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I have a Word document in which I use Ask and Ref field codes to
input the current year. The field is called "Year". In a few
sentences, I'd like to
automatically increment the current year upward by one. So I have
tried a field code of Ref Year +1, but that just returns the current
year. Any ideas?

Thanks.

oops

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
?
{ = {CreateDate \@ "yyyy" } + 1 }

might be nearer what you had in mind.


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Charles Kenyon wrote:
{ = {CreateDate \@ "dddd" } + 1 }

"MikeC" wrote in message
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I have a Word document in which I use Ask and Ref field codes to
input the current year. The field is called "Year". In a few
sentences, I'd like to
automatically increment the current year upward by one. So I have
tried a field code of Ref Year +1, but that just returns the current
year. Any ideas?

Thanks.