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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 15 May 2010 09:26
Indeed. That's discussed in “WD2000: Calculation in Form Field Shows Wrong
Result” at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211253

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"macropod" <macropod(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Hi NFL,
>
> Beware of trying to reference a formfield calculation in a subsequent
> formfield. The results are unlikely to be what you'd expect.
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [Microsoft MVP - Word]
>
>
> "NFL" <NFL(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2570393F-3922-47CE-8204-268E6C0EFA1D(a)microsoft.com...
>> Thank you for your help! It worked? :-)
>>
>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>>
>>> Select Calculation as the Type in the Text Form Field Options dialog,
>>> then create your formula in the Expression box following the same rules
>>> as for an = field in ordinary text (in your example, it would be "=
>>> Text1 * Text2"). Be sure to check the box for "Calculate on exit" in the
>>> Form Field Options for each form field that contributes to the
>>> calculation so that the calculated field will update automatically.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>> Words into Type
>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>> http://word.mvps.org
>>>
>>> "NFL" <NFL(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:2152891F-00A1-4082-92CF-A46E7BB38E13(a)microsoft.com...
>>> > MS Word 2003 - I'm in the "Text Form Field Options" dialog box and
>>> > would like
>>> > to know how to calculate two form fields (texboxes) and pass the value
>>> > to the
>>> > third form field?. For example: textbox1 * textbox2 = textbox3
>>> >
>>> > Also, is there a limit of how many form fields I can calculate?
>>> >
>>> > Thank you,
>>> >
>>>
>>> .
>>>

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