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How do I get form fields to calculate in Word?
Word 2003, XP Pro
I am trying to make forms to be filled out and calculate for our buyers. I have fields bookmarked BF1, BF2.....; Price1, Price2.... In these fileds I have the type set to "number" and the "calculate on exit" box checked. My total fields, Tot1, Tot2..... have the type set to calculate. The formula in Tot1 reads "=BF1*Price1/1000. The "calculate on exit" box is unchecked. Nothing will calculate. What am I Missing? |
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How do I get form fields to calculate in Word?
First, you don't really need another formfield to do the calculation, just a
calculation (=) field. You _do_ need the property of each source field set to calculate on exit. Is your form protected for forms? What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Mystified Mike" Mystified wrote in message ... Word 2003, XP Pro I am trying to make forms to be filled out and calculate for our buyers. I have fields bookmarked BF1, BF2.....; Price1, Price2.... In these fileds I have the type set to "number" and the "calculate on exit" box checked. My total fields, Tot1, Tot2..... have the type set to calculate. The formula in Tot1 reads "=BF1*Price1/1000. The "calculate on exit" box is unchecked. Nothing will calculate. What am I Missing? |
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