Add Options To A Field In Word 2011 For Mac
What is Mail Merge? Mail Merge mass produces letters, mailing labels or other documents. To perform a mail merge you need two types of files: a Data file and a Form file. The Data file, or datasource, contains records. All the variable (changeable) information in the document combines to form a record.
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- To have access to it, you must add it to the Quick Access toolbar. To do this, click the Office button and click the Word Options button. In newer versions of Word, click on File and then Options. Select the Customize option from the list on the left side of the Word Options dialog box. Newer versions of Word, you have to select Quick Access Toolbar.
- Office 2011 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies. In an open Word document, place the insertion point where you want to insert a text form field. Click the Text Box Field button on the Developer tab of the Ribbon. Click the gray box to select it and then click the Options button on the Ribbon.
The first step in the creation of the data source is to give each piece of variable information in the document a name. Each piece of variable information is called a field. All the fields combine to form a record. The Form file contains the portion of the document that remains constant, plus field codes that link to the data source file.
Yes it's possible. I need to know your version of Word and how you are entering the day number. On 30/04/09 7:24 AM, in article 241516807-gary@NOSPAMinvalid, 'Gary' wrote: I am using the Date Field in a word doc and would like to have the 'th', 'rd', 'st' or 'nd' suffix automatically added on to the day of the month. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. I don't have any problem getting just the day number, but I can't find a means of getting the suffix.
Also, if there is a way to do this, can the suffix be super scripted? TIA - Don't wait for your answer, click here: Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Sydney, Australia.
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Mailto: Gary 30/4/2009, 2:32 น. On 2009-04-30 02:48:47 -0600, John McGhie said: Yes it's possible.
I need to know your version of Word and how you are entering the day number. I using both Mac Office 2004 and 2008. To enter the day I used menu 'InsertFieldDate and TimeDate' with formating DATE @ 'd' Also, is there a way to turn off Auto updating of the field to today's date? I would like to have the document stay at the previously entered date until an explicit update command is issued, like pressing the F9 key (or what ever key it would be) On 30/04/09 7:24 AM, in article 241516807-gary@NOSPAMinvalid'Gary' wrote: I am using the Date Field in a word doc and would like to have the 'th', 'rd', 'st' or 'nd' suffix automatically added on to the day of the month. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. I don't have any problem getting just the day number, but I can't find a means of getting the suffix. Also, if there is a way to do this, can the suffix be super scripted?
TIA - Thanks Gary Edmonton, Alberta, Canada macropod 30/4/2009, 6:10 น. Hi Gary, To see how to do this and just about everything else you might want to do with dates in Word, check out my Word Date Calculation Tutorial, at: or In particular, look at the item titled 'Insert A Date with Ordinal Numbering'. Do read the document's introductory material. Note: The tutorial was written for PC users, so references to Ctrl & Alt keys need to be converted to the Mac equivalents - see: Also, if you're using Office 2008, the vba code in the tutorial document for swapping the day & month order in the fields won't work - you'll need to do that manually, as per the instructions in the Introduction. As for fixing the date, you could use a CREATEDATE field instead of the DATE field.
Cheers macropod Microsoft MVP - Word 'Gary' wrote in message news:241516807-gary@NOSPAMinvalid. Gary 30/4/2009, 13:48 น. On 2009-05-01 00:25:53 -0600, 'macropod' said: Hi GaryIf you think that's a challenge, try pressing Option-F9 and looking at the coding for some of the other fields. Thanks macropod, I tried the Opt-F9 and now think that my head might explode!!!:-) I have tried to code in new macros using CMD-F9 so that the funky curly brackets are inserted and added code in between the bracket, but I can't get anything to work, even if I cut and past from the example.
The only way I could get the code to work is if I use the menu command for Insert Field, which is fine for single level macros, but won't work at all for nested macros like your example. I ended up just having a field for just the month, another field for the ordinal day, and a 3rd for the year.
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Is there a trick to getting word to recognize the nested field code or am I just missing something obvious, except to me? - Thanks Gary at thumbprints dot ca Edmonton, Alberta, Canada macropod 8/5/2009, 8:12 น. Hi Gary: There's no 'Trick' to it, other than 'type carefully':-) You are writing computer code. Admittedly, it's simple code, but the computer ain't that smart. The spelling is critical, character-for-character, and the spaces or absence of spaces are all important. And you must pay attention to the 'matching' or 'nesting' of the various sets of Field Bounding Characters (which, as you correctly point out, are 'not' curly brackets). However, if Word does not 'recognise' the code, it will normally return an error message when you update the field.
So you need to show us the code you are typing, and maybe we can help. Cheers On 8/05/09 9:06 PM, in article 064316807-gary@NOSPAMinvalid, 'Gary' wrote: - Don't wait for your answer, click here: Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac Sydney, Australia.
Mailto: macropod 9/5/2009, 1:14 น. Hi John, Thanks for joining the discussion. I believe the OP is having problems getting the fields to update, among other things. On my reading, it seems when he presses F9, only one of the fields in a set of nested fields updates. Like many Word users, the OP believes fields are macros (cf 'I have tried to code in code in new macros using CMD-F9'), but that's not especially important. As you say, careful attention to detail is the key.
Cheers macropod Microsoft MVP - Word 'John McGhie' wrote in message news:C62B2F12.1EE7A%john@mcghie.name. Gary 21/5/2009, 5:58 น. Hi Gary, If all you need is a field that does as the one in my tutorial does, why aren't you simply copying & pasting the one from the tutorial into your document? Amongtst other things, it seems you're trying to copy & paste the field from the tutorial into a new field in your document.
That will certainly cause the kind of 'disappearing' problems you're having. Cheers macropod Microsoft MVP - Word 'Gary' wrote in message news:585716807-gary@NOSPAMinvalid. John McGhie 23/5/2009, 4:11 น. On 2009-05-21 19:55:00 -0600, 'macropod' said: Hi GaryIf all you need is a field that does as the one in my tutorial doeswhy aren't you simply copying & pasting the one from the tutorial into your document? And there lies the rub. Copying/pasting the code from the tutorial, results in the exact same results as when I copy/paste code I created.
It simply disappears. No errors.etc. Amongtst other things, it seems you're trying to copy & paste the field from the tutorial into a new field in your document.
That will certainly cause the kind of 'disappearing' problems you're having. As with my code, I selected and copied the code 'between' the outer-most braces.
This should be so simple, but I seems to be going in circles. Gary 3/6/2009, 5:28 น. On 2009-05-23 05:11:04 -0600, John McGhie said: Hi Gary: Well, your code worked perfectly here when I tried it.
As Macropod says, you need to be careful what you paste! I selected everything between (but not including) your curly braces, and pasted that into a field pair created with Cmd + F9. Then I updated the field and I got '23rd' which is what you would expect. 'Updated the field' was the one step I did not have.
I just expected the field to display after inserting the code and pressing Opt+F9, because all the existing fields were display. I was so frustrated I could not even conceive that I would have to update just that specific field. Finally, I can stop loosing sleep over this! MANY Thanks got to both you and macropod for your patience and help. John McGhie 4/6/2009, 0:52 น.
Hi Gary: Well, I'm glad you got it sorted:-) Word has three kinds of field: 'Hot', 'Warm', and 'Cold'. A Hot field updates instantly and automatically. AutoNum and Page are frequently-used examples. A Warm field updates only at defined document events, such as 'Open'. Most of the Date fields are like this: if you leave a document open overnight, the date will not change unless you reopen the document. A Cold field updates only when you update it. Most fields are like this: TOC, Index, Document Properties.
No, sorry, there's no documentation anywhere to tell you which is which. Cheers On 3/06/09 10:28 PM, in article 283975249-gary@NOSPAMinvalid.