Re: Changing Word Dates

From: Charles Kenyon (msnewsgroup_at_remove.no.spam.addbalance.com)
Date: 04/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:32:44 -0500

Since you are going with a userform there is little point in copying the
fields. Mostly they have to be retyped by hand. I believe one of the MVPs
came up with a utility that would translate field codes to plain text but I
don't know who or how. 

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Charles Kenyon
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"Colonel Blip" <col.blip@nospambigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> See comments
>
> "Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@remove.no.spam.addbalance.com> wrote in
> message news:%23I2suUKIEHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl
> >> Word date field calculations are complex, as you've discovered.
>
> Indeed.
>
> >> SNIP
>
> >>
> >> People won't be able to give much constructive help, other than the
> >> reference you've already received, unless you actually post your
> >> field contents here so that the fields themselves can be examined.
>
>
>
> Well, I planned to copy and paste the code here but all that shows up is
the
> result of the field calc. Is there a way to show it short of a screen
print
> (which I believe is frowned on here)?
>
>
>
> >> SNIP
> >>
> >> Charles Kenyon
> >>
> >> See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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> >> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
> >>
> >> "Colonel Blip" <col.blip@nospambigfoot.com> wrote in message
> >> news:OzUXaFJIEHA.2808@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >>> Thanks, found out about it this morning from another wopr member.
> >>> It (or me) was not quite up to the task. Here is my post there for
> >>> those who might only lurk here.
> >>>
> >>> "Thanks. That was good stuff. Unfortunately either I don't
> >>> understand some of the subtleties or it doesn't quite have what I
> >>> am after. Here is what I want to do:
> >>>
> >>> Date 1 <== I change this every week. When I do Dates 2 & 3 update
> >>> automatically
> >>> Date 2 = Date 1+4 days
> >>> Date 3 = Date 1+7 days
> >>>
> >>> I tried to simply install the field codes for calculating a stepped
> >>> date, but had problems when trying to get it to do what I wanted.
> >>> Also, I always have to remember to update fields so it is just as
> >>> easy for me to forget that as to forget changing the 2 dates. <g>
> >>> :-(
> >>>
> >>> In any event, on changing the stepped date code I tried to change
> >>> the line suggested to reflect the next Wednesday and Sunday after
> >>> the date in Date 1. I could do the Wed. without any problem.
> >>> However, changing the Sunday date worked fine until I changed my
> >>> computer calendar date to reflect next Sunday or any days
> >>> following. Suddenly the date produced jumped to August! Obviously I
> >>> missed something in what I was doing."
> >>>
> >>> "Luc" <luc."sanders2"@NOTREalpandora.be> wrote in message
> >>> news:FNuec.68796$IJ7.4672646@phobos.telenet-ops.be
> >>>>> Nut sure but maybe this link will help, that is if you do not
> >>>>> allready know it.
> >>>>>
> >>
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=wrd&Number=249902
> >>>>> cheers
> >>>>> Luc
> >>>>> "Colonel Blip" <col.blip@nospambigfoot.com> schreef in bericht
> >>>>> news:uQLUQsHIEHA.2164@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >>>>>> I publish a weekly newsletter that has a date of publication at
> >>>>>> the first of the newsletter. I have other sections in the
> >>>>>> newsletter that have different dates that are respectively
> >>>>>> either 4 or 7 days later than the publication. I would like to
> >>>>>> only have to change the 'master' date and have the rest change
> >>>>>> to reflect it is one week later rather than manually changing
> >>>>>> these (which I forget to do too often). Is there a way to do
> >>>>>> this in word without a macro? If not, is there a way with vba
> >>>>>> code?
> >>>>>>
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