Formating field as ordinal number in Word 2007 - issue AND..

I tried that, but that's a one time fix - if I update the field the formating
will be lost.


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsof" wrote:

> Just select the ordinal and format it.
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

Hi Christian,

Instead of trying to incorporate the ordinal numbering into your formfield, insert a formula field immediately after it, coded as:
{IF{=(MOD({=Text1+89},100)>2)*(MOD({=Text1+9},10)<3)}= 1 {=MOD(Text1,10)-2 \# rd;st;nd} th}
Where 'Text1' is your formfield's bookmark name. Be sure to check the 'calculate on exit' option also.

With this approach, you can also superscript the 'rd', 'st', 'nd' and 'th'

Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste
them from this message.

For more information on working with dates in Word, check out my Word Date Calculation Tutorial, at:
http://www.wopr.com/index.php?showtopic=249902&st=0&p=249902&#entry249902
or
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party
Do read the document's introductory material.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Christian Schratter" <ChristianSchratter.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05E66D0E-B9A1-4244-A76B-4E9951B16F9E@microsoft.com...
> Hello.
>
> I'm trying desperately to create a field in Word 2007 which should display
> todays day and the ordinal suffix (e.g. 27th).
> So far I've managed to find out, that by adding \*Ordinal to the field
> syntax, the ordinal suffix should display (and it indeed does).
>
> The crash:
> If I right-click a field, which has the mentioned \*Ordinal in it's syntax,
> and choose "edit field" (which should open up the mask for fields), Word
> crashes. This behaviour is 100% repeatable.
>
> The issue:
> As mentioned, it's possible to add the \*Ordinal option to a field when
> using the option "field function on/off". What I'd like to do, is to format
> the ordinal suffix in superscript. Any ideas on how to do that?
>
> I'd be more than happy over any inputs or additionnal comments on the issues
> above.
>
> Kind regards, Chris

Thank you very much for your reply.

Your suggestion sounds like a reasonable workaround for the mentioned
issues. Sadly I couldn't go and try out your idea straight away, because I'm
not sure what you mean with "formfield's bookmark name"?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards, Chris


"macropod" wrote:

> Hi Christian,
>
> Instead of trying to incorporate the ordinal numbering into your formfield, insert a formula field immediately after it, coded as:
> {IF{=(MOD({=Text1+89},100)>2)*(MOD({=Text1+9},10)<3)}= 1 {=MOD(Text1,10)-2 \# rd;st;nd} th}
> Where 'Text1' is your formfield's bookmark name. Be sure to check the 'calculate on exit' option also.
>
> With this approach, you can also superscript the 'rd', 'st', 'nd' and 'th'
>
> Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste
> them from this message.
>
> For more information on working with dates in Word, check out my Word Date Calculation Tutorial, at:
> http://www.wopr.com/index.php?showtopic=249902&st=0&p=249902&#entry249902
> or
> http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party
> Do read the document's introductory material.
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>
>
> "Christian Schratter" <ChristianSchratter.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:05E66D0E-B9A1-4244-A76B-4E9951B16F9E@microsoft.com...
> > Hello.
> >
> > I'm trying desperately to create a field in Word 2007 which should display
> > todays day and the ordinal suffix (e.g. 27th).
> > So far I've managed to find out, that by adding \*Ordinal to the field
> > syntax, the ordinal suffix should display (and it indeed does).
> >
> > The crash:
> > If I right-click a field, which has the mentioned \*Ordinal in it's syntax,
> > and choose "edit field" (which should open up the mask for fields), Word
> > crashes. This behaviour is 100% repeatable.
> >
> > The issue:
> > As mentioned, it's possible to add the \*Ordinal option to a field when
> > using the option "field function on/off". What I'd like to do, is to format
> > the ordinal suffix in superscript. Any ideas on how to do that?
> >
> > I'd be more than happy over any inputs or additionnal comments on the issues
> > above.
> >
> > Kind regards, Chris
>
>

Hi Christian,

I took your post to indicate that you're having problems with formfield formatting. If you check a formfield's properties, you'll
see that it has provision for a bookmark name and to set it to 'calculate on exit'. You can also restrict input to a specific format
(eg 2-digit numeric).

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Christian Schratter" <ChristianSchratter.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B85D6252-9759-4997-BAE7-B8DDEE15A857@microsoft.com...
> Thank you very much for your reply.
>
> Your suggestion sounds like a reasonable workaround for the mentioned
> issues. Sadly I couldn't go and try out your idea straight away, because I'm
> not sure what you mean with "formfield's bookmark name"?
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
>
> Kind regards, Chris
>
>
> "macropod" wrote:
>
>> Hi Christian,
>>
>> Instead of trying to incorporate the ordinal numbering into your formfield, insert a formula field immediately after it, coded
>> as:
>> {IF{=(MOD({=Text1+89},100)>2)*(MOD({=Text1+9},10)<3)}= 1 {=MOD(Text1,10)-2 \# rd;st;nd} th}
>> Where 'Text1' is your formfield's bookmark name. Be sure to check the 'calculate on exit' option also.
>>
>> With this approach, you can also superscript the 'rd', 'st', 'nd' and 'th'
>>
>> Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste
>> them from this message.
>>
>> For more information on working with dates in Word, check out my Word Date Calculation Tutorial, at:
>> http://www.wopr.com/index.php?showtopic=249902&st=0&p=249902&#entry249902
>> or
>> http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party
>> Do read the document's introductory material.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> macropod
>> [MVP - Microsoft Word]
>>
>>
>> "Christian Schratter" <ChristianSchratter.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:05E66D0E-B9A1-4244-A76B-4E9951B16F9E@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > I'm trying desperately to create a field in Word 2007 which should display
>> > todays day and the ordinal suffix (e.g. 27th).
>> > So far I've managed to find out, that by adding \*Ordinal to the field
>> > syntax, the ordinal suffix should display (and it indeed does).
>> >
>> > The crash:
>> > If I right-click a field, which has the mentioned \*Ordinal in it's syntax,
>> > and choose "edit field" (which should open up the mask for fields), Word
>> > crashes. This behaviour is 100% repeatable.
>> >
>> > The issue:
>> > As mentioned, it's possible to add the \*Ordinal option to a field when
>> > using the option "field function on/off". What I'd like to do, is to format
>> > the ordinal suffix in superscript. Any ideas on how to do that?
>> >
>> > I'd be more than happy over any inputs or additionnal comments on the issues
>> > above.
>> >
>> > Kind regards, Chris
>>
>>

Now I understand what you're referencing to.

Though, I'm not using form fields, but those kind of fields, which you can
find under Insert -> Quick Parts -> Fields.
If I add such a field which displays the current date, then I think I can't
give it a name, right?

Kind regards, Chris



"macropod" wrote:

> Hi Christian,
>
> I took your post to indicate that you're having problems with formfield formatting. If you check a formfield's properties, you'll
> see that it has provision for a bookmark name and to set it to 'calculate on exit'. You can also restrict input to a specific format
> (eg 2-digit numeric).
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [MVP - Microsoft Word]

Hi Christian,

You could bookmark the date field. Did you check out the topic 'Insert A Date with Ordinal Numbering' in my DateCalc tutorial?

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


"Christian Schratter" <ChristianSchratter.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2465411D-C51E-4556-A046-0227E2B00C81@microsoft.com...
> Now I understand what you're referencing to.
>
> Though, I'm not using form fields, but those kind of fields, which you can
> find under Insert -> Quick Parts -> Fields.
> If I add such a field which displays the current date, then I think I can't
> give it a name, right?
>
> Kind regards, Chris
>
>
>
> "macropod" wrote:
>
>> Hi Christian,
>>
>> I took your post to indicate that you're having problems with formfield formatting. If you check a formfield's properties, you'll
>> see that it has provision for a bookmark name and to set it to 'calculate on exit'. You can also restrict input to a specific
>> format
>> (eg 2-digit numeric).
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> macropod
>> [MVP - Microsoft Word]