NUMCHARS - x

Question

In MS Word I wish to create a field result that represents (NUMCHARS - 5).  It was a piece of cake in 2003, but now I am stuck with this most dreadful and uttlerly appalling 2010.

Advice would be appreciated,

dave

Answer 1

You can still do it through the Field dialog if that's the way you did it before (Insert | Text | Quick Parts | Field). Or you can create it by hand:

1. Type NUMCHARS, select it and press Ctrl+F9 to convert it to a field.
2. Type = before the field and -5 after the field.
3. Select the entire expression and press Ctrl+F9. You should see:

{ = { NUMCHARS } -5 } 4. F9 to update.

Answer 2

Thanks Suzanne ... I have a long way to go with 2010 :)

You can still do it through the Field dialog if that's the way you did it before (Insert | Text | Quick Parts | Field). Or you can create it by hand:

1. Type NUMCHARS, select it and press Ctrl+F9 to convert it to a field.
2. Type = before the field and -5 after the field.
3. Select the entire expression and press Ctrl+F9. You should see:

{ = { NUMCHARS } -5 } 4. F9 to update.