Article ID: 110014
Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q110014
SYMPTOMS
Calculation text fields within forms are not updated automatically.
RESOLUTION
Word 98 Macintosh Edition
Use the Calculate On Exit option located in the Text Form Field Options
dialog box. (To display this dialog box, click a form field, and click the
Form Field Options button on the Forms toolbar.)
Word 6.x and 7.x
WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE CODE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR
OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this macro code 'as is' without warranty of
any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the
implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular
purpose.
You cannot manually update a FORM field in these versions of Word. To
update text fields which are defined as calculation fields, create a macro
using the following steps:
- Create the following macro:
Sub Main
SetFormResult "text1"
End Sub
where "text1" represents the bookmark name used in the calculation form
field.
NOTE: If a bookmark in a calculation field expression contains a
number, such as Q1 or UP1, the field will not update. For a
calculation field to update correctly, make sure the bookmark name
does not contain numbers.
- Modify the form field options for the form field that you will exit
before you enter the calculation form field. In the Text Form Field
Options dialog box, under Run Macro On Exit, select the macro you
created in step 1 and then click OK.
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