Word 2003 - IF Statement, Form Field Calculate

You can have a dollar sign \# "$,0" or for cents too \# "$,0.00"
All this and more is covered at
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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Stacy Birk wrote:
> Thank you both so very much for your help and time. You both are
> fantastic.
>
> Doug, this works. The ' \# 0 ' is for formatting right? I am trying
> to understand the logic so I know for next time. And having said that
> the field would not have a dollar sign and should. Am I S.O.L.? or do
> I have options for including a dollar sign?
>
> Stacy

Thank you both for your reply.

macropod - I have your 'math zip' file on my system, I have referred
to it before. Thank you for providing that information.

Graham Mayor - I have added your links for referrals in the future.

Forgive my ignorance here but in the links nor in the math.zip did I
find a point of reference when using the formula with an integer at
the end, such as the '150' that is in the above formula. The
following formulas I have tried and both returned the !Syntax Error,
$:

{=MAX({=D19*D21\# "$,0"}, 150)}

{=MAX({=D19*D21\#$#,##0}, 150)}

Possibly I am overlooking something here but I am not for certain
what. I appreciate the help.

Hi Stacy,

using the '\# 0' within the embedded field simply tells Word to strip off the currency formatting for the purposes of the MAX test.
Since it seems you'll want the displayed result to have the currency formatting, code the field this way:
{=MAX({=D19*D21 \# 0 },150) \# $,0}
or
{=MAX({=D19*D21 \# 0.00 },150) \# $,0.00}
depending on whether any decimals might be involved. The comma after the $ sign inserts the thousands separator - delete it if you
don't want one.

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"Stacy Birk" <sbirkhome.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message news:f8e79046-118b-409e-9307-66dc43421401@d15g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> Thank you both for your reply.
>
> macropod - I have your 'math zip' file on my system, I have referred
> to it before. Thank you for providing that information.
>
> Graham Mayor - I have added your links for referrals in the future.
>
> Forgive my ignorance here but in the links nor in the math.zip did I
> find a point of reference when using the formula with an integer at
> the end, such as the '150' that is in the above formula. The
> following formulas I have tried and both returned the !Syntax Error,
> $:
>
> {=MAX({=D19*D21\# "$,0"}, 150)}
>
> {=MAX({=D19*D21\#$#,##0}, 150)}
>
> Possibly I am overlooking something here but I am not for certain
> what. I appreciate the help.
>

macropod!

Thank you so very much for your help. You do not know how much it is
appreciated. The final result that you offered works like a charm.

Side question: When working with field formulas such as we did within
this post, if spaces are not part of the end results, do spaces matter
when trying to get to a result? For example: This is the formula -
{=MAX({=D19*D21 \# 0 },150) \# $,0} (notice space after D21, after #
and after 0) as opposed to using: {=MAX({=D19*D21\#0},150)\# $,0} .

You are wonderful. Thank you again.

Stacy

Hi Stacy,

The correct use of spaces between the expressions in a formula field can be critical. For the space between an expression and a
picture switch, though, I don't believe it is. Thus:
{=MAX({=D19*D21 \# 0 },150) \# $,0}
{=MAX({=D19*D21 \#0 },150) \#$,0}
{=MAX({=D19*D21\# 0 },150)\#$,0}
all give the same result, but
{=MAX({=D19*D21\# 0 },150)\#$ ,0}
will produce a syntax error. If you need spaces etc withing the formatted output, you need to enclose the numeric formatting within
double quotes. For example:
{=MAX({=D19*D21\# 0 },150) \# "$ ,0"}

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"Stacy Birk" <sbirkhome RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message news:d6aacf17-7905-42d4-a7b9-00f0251a8cf8@g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
> macropod!
>
> Thank you so very much for your help. You do not know how much it is
> appreciated. The final result that you offered works like a charm.
>
> Side question: When working with field formulas such as we did within
> this post, if spaces are not part of the end results, do spaces matter
> when trying to get to a result? For example: This is the formula -
> {=MAX({=D19*D21 \# 0 },150) \# $,0} (notice space after D21, after #
> and after 0) as opposed to using: {=MAX({=D19*D21\#0},150)\# $,0} .
>
> You are wonderful. Thank you again.
>
> Stacy

Afternoon macropod!

Your explanation is most helpful. And is greatly appreciated.

Have a fantastic day,
Stacy