How can I get Word to automatically calculate dates (i.e. 7 days from today?
This is more complicated than you might imagine, primarily because of the way our calendar is constructed. Before your head starts spinning, realize that the hard work has been done for you. Paul Edstein has posted a document with alternative date fields with calculations on the Woody’s Word board. Here is a later document. Chris Woodman has an Add-In you can download that will write the fields if you want. Because it is very difficult to keep track of where fields begin and end, I’ve tried to use colored text and highlighting in the nested fields to show which field is where. This coloring is not in the Word documents and could end up coloring your result text if you were to use it. In tracing a field, look for a colored or highlighted opening field delimiter { and then look to the right to see the next closing delimiter } of the same color and highlighting. Everything in between those two delimiters is in that field. Here is an example of a field written in response to the request: I
• Letterhead and Stationery • More on Headers and Footers • Envelopes – Alternative Return Addresses • VBA Tips, Tricks & Code Snips • Borders in Word Introduction This supplement to the FAQ is maintained (lightly) by me, Charles Kenyon. I am not an expert at any of this but read a lot. The questions and answers come from the various newsgroups on Word. Corrections to the FAQ (or additions) can be sent to word FAQ at Add Balance. Unless otherwise indicated the answers here are for Word 97 (and probably apply to Word 95, 98 & 2K). I believe that the answers as to page numbers, headers & footers, and dates apply to all versions of Word released within the last five years. If I’m wrong please let me know. I am a trial lawyer and this is a hobby for me. While I read all my e-mail, I dont respond to it all, and often am untimely in my responses to those I do respond to. This is not intended to be rude, it is just a fact of life in my life. Since my clients are depending on me (and paying me
