[ctt]

HOw can I have the field code display AM or PM time stamps with just an A or
P? I know I can change the regional settings on my pc but is there any
statement I can run in the field code that will change AM to A and PM to P?

[Graham Mayor]

You can do it with a conditional field eg

{ IF{ TIME \@ "h"} 12 "{ TIME \@ "hh:mm a" \*upper}""{ TIME \@ "hh:mm p"
\*upper }" }

If you want lower case, remove the \*upper switches.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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

ctt wrote:
HOw can I have the field code display AM or PM time stamps with just
an A or P? I know I can change the regional settings on my pc but is
there any statement I can run in the field code that will change AM
to A and PM to P?

[ctt]

Thank you for this and I have one more question. Exactly how would I word
the string? Here is my original string and I've played with it but it errors
out.
{DOCPROPERTY "DictatedDateTime" \@ " hh mm a/p " \ * MERGEFORMAT}

Where in this string would I embed the if then statement?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You can do it with a conditional field eg

{ IF{ TIME \@ "h"} 12 "{ TIME \@ "hh:mm a" \*upper}""{ TIME \@ "hh:mm p"
\*upper }" }

If you want lower case, remove the \*upper switches.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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

ctt wrote:
HOw can I have the field code display AM or PM time stamps with just
an A or P? I know I can change the regional settings on my pc but is
there any statement I can run in the field code that will change AM
to A and PM to P?

[Graham Mayor]

Change each instance of TIME to DOCPROPERTY "DictatedDateTime" ie

{ IF{DOCPROPERTY "DictatedDateTime" \@ "h"} 12 "{ DOCPROPERTY
"DictatedDateTime" \@ "hh:mm a" \*upper}""{ DOCPROPERTY "DictatedDateTime"
\@ "hh:mm p" \*upper }"

Note that each set of brackets is inserted with CTRL+F9 The line breaks in
the above string are inserted by the newsgroupo editor and should not be
present (apart from when the string wraps to the margins). Select the
completed field and press F9 to update. If necessary toggle the display with
ALT+F9


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



ctt wrote:
Thank you for this and I have one more question. Exactly how would I
word the string? Here is my original string and I've played with it
but it errors out.
{DOCPROPERTY "DictatedDateTime" \@ " hh mm a/p " \ * MERGEFORMAT}

Where in this string would I embed the if then statement?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You can do it with a conditional field eg

{ IF{ TIME \@ "h"} 12 "{ TIME \@ "hh:mm a" \*upper}""{ TIME \@
"hh:mm p" \*upper }" }

If you want lower case, remove the \*upper switches.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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

ctt wrote:
HOw can I have the field code display AM or PM time stamps with just
an A or P? I know I can change the regional settings on my pc but
is there any statement I can run in the field code that will change
AM to A and PM to P?