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Tim
 
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Hi I am trying to make a form letter in office 2003, with calculated fields,
ie a table with dates and amounts, (holiday accomodation booking), with
automated fields to subtract deposits etc.
I am having no luck inserting formula field, i get message , unexpected end
of formula.

any hints, thanks tim


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Quote an example of what you are trying to calculate.
Note that calculations on date fields are extremely complicated, but all the
work has been done for you at
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=249902

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Tim wrote:
Hi I am trying to make a form letter in office 2003, with calculated
fields, ie a table with dates and amounts, (holiday accomodation
booking), with automated fields to subtract deposits etc.
I am having no luck inserting formula field, i get message ,
unexpected end of formula.

any hints, thanks tim




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Hi Tim,

To see how to use fields for a wide range of calculations in Word, check out
my Word Field Maths 'tutorial', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=365442

Cheers


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Hi I am trying to make a form letter in office 2003, with calculated

fields,
ie a table with dates and amounts, (holiday accomodation booking), with
automated fields to subtract deposits etc.
I am having no luck inserting formula field, i get message , unexpected

end
of formula.

any hints, thanks tim




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