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Mystified Mike
 
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Default 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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Default 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,
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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!
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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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