Date fields in MS Word - Add X days to a date

M

marcbackup

I would like to add X days to a date field.
Is there a way to do that w/o running a macro?
 
C

Charles Kenyon

Yes, but the field is _very_ complex. Don't try to type it! You can download
an Add-In that lets you construct such a field. The field itself does not
require any macros. Below is a sample of such a field constructed by the
Add-In.

{ QUOTE "{ SET " Delay" "14" }
{ SET "DaysInMonth" { IF { CreateDate \@ "MM" } <> 2
{ = ROUND(30.575*{ CreateDate \@ "MM" },0)-
ROUND(30.575*{ = { CreateDate \@ "MM" } -1 },0) }
{ IF { = MOD( { CreateDate \@"yy" } , 4 ) } > 0 "28" "29" } } }
{ SET "NextMonth" { IF { CreateDate \@ "MM" } = 12 "1/97"
"{ = { CreateDate \@ "MM" } + 1 }/97 } }
{ IF { = { REF "Delay" } + { CreateDate \@ "dd" } } <= {
REF"DaysInMonth" }
{ CreateDate \@ "MMMM { = { REF "Delay" } + { CreateDate \@ "dd" } },
yyyy"}{ QUOTE { NextMonth \@ "MMMM" }
{ = { REF "Delay" } + { CreateDate \@ "dd" } - { REF"DaysInMonth" } },
{ IF { CreateDate \@ "MM" } <> 12 { CreateDate \@ "yyyy" }
{ CreateDate \@ "{ = 1 + { CreateDate \@ "yyyy" } \# "xxxx" }" } } } }" }

Note that this is all _one_ field (nested fields).

You can download the Add-In from Chris Woodman's site at:
<URL: http://www.chriswoodman.co.uk/Delayed Dates.htm>.

Otherwise, here is a document that contains some fields:
<URL: http://www.wopr.com/w3tfiles/10-249902-DateCalc.zip>.

Otherwise you can use macros.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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