[ram]

Hi
Can someone help me calculate the previous month in a date field. the code
below calculates the month however i don't know how to format the
expression to display in date format

{={DATE \@ "MM"} -1}

i also tried using set month but received an error.



Thanks for any help

[macropod]

Hi ram,

To see how to do this and just about everything else you might want to do
with dates in Word, check out my Date Calc 'tutorial', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=249902
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party

Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"ram" wrote in message ...
Hi
Can someone help me calculate the previous month in a date field. the code
below calculates the month however i don't know how to format the
expression to display in date format

{={DATE \@ "MM"} -1}

i also tried using set month but received an error.



Thanks for any help

[ram]

this information is just what I needed

Thank You

"macropod" wrote:

Hi ram,

To see how to do this and just about everything else you might want to do
with dates in Word, check out my Date Calc 'tutorial', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=249902
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party

Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
-------------------------

"ram" wrote in message ...
Hi
Can someone help me calculate the previous month in a date field. the code
below calculates the month however i don't know how to format the
expression to display in date format

{={DATE \@ "MM"} -1}

i also tried using set month but received an error.



Thanks for any help