Hi CBG,

Word doesn't have a len() field function, so you need to use something like
Excel or a macro.

Cheers


"CBG" wrote in message
...
This is a useful method. While changes to the original (excel) document
are
reflected in word, if I make changes to the table in the word document the
corresponding column does not automatically update itself. I have to go
back
to the excel file to do this.
Can I have it that I only have to work with the table in the word format?
Thanks again.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Do it in Excel and paste the table as a link.

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CBG wrote:
I have a table in word and I would like to use the LEN function that
is available in Excel, to get the length of a word in another column.
I have tried this unsucessfully. Can it be done?
Help would be much appreciated.
cbg





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