Microsoft Word Field Codes?

[DerekK]

Hi,

Is there a good resource for understanding the language of Word field codes?

I can find examples of field codes online, but cannot figure out how to alter to my specifications: a book would be ideal.

Can anyone help?

Sincerely,



Derek

 

[Macropod]

Hi Derek,

You're unlikely to find anything covering all aspects of field coding. However, I've produced a number of tutorials. For example:

Date Calculations:
To see how to do just about everything you might want to do with date fields in Word, check out my Microsoft Word Date Calculation Tutorial, at:
http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/index.php?showtopic=249902
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party
Do read the document's introductory material.

Word Field Maths:
To see how to do a wide range of calculations in Word, check out my Microsoft Word Field Maths Tutorial, at:
http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/index.php?showtopic=365442
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party

Catalogue/Directory Mailmerges:
To see how to do these with any mailmerge data source supported by Word, check out my Microsoft Word Catalogue/Directory Mailmerge Tutorial at:
http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/index.php?showtopic=731107
or
http://www.gmayor.com/Zips/Catalogue Mailmerge.zip
Do read the tutorial before trying to use the mailmerge document included with it.

Relative Paths:
To see how to implement relative paths in Word when linking to other files, check out the solution I've posted at:
http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/index.php?showtopic=670027

 

[DerekK]

Sincerest appreciation for those