What does the bookmark X contain - and what is it that is bookmarked.?
Your first example should work if X is a numeric value.
Your last example suggests that the content of X is a letter. How do you
subtract a number from a letter? If it contains a letter then your
conditional version will work. I take it that you are entering the field
boundaries with CTRL+F9 ? I would also urge you to use more descriptive
names for your bookmarks.

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Anna Cooper wrote:
Help! I am building a Word Template and need to do arithmetic with a
REF field. I have tried {={REF X}-1} and {={{REF X}-1}} to no avail.
I also tried {IF {REF X} = "Y" "W" "Z"} but that didn't work either.
Any ideas?