Countdown Timer in MS Word!!

[EliseFreedman]

Hi there

Does anyone know if it is possible to include a countdown timer in a microsoft Word Document. I am producing a newsletter and I would like to include a timer along the lines of

x days, y hours, z minutes, a seconds till t event!!

Ive seen a similar thing to this in a javacript script for the web but I was wanting to use it in a microsoft word document. Any ideas?

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

Yes, it is possible in ANY Office application using VBA.

Please post your question in Forum707.

Skip,

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[Markus4]

Hi,

if you do not want to use code you could use a set of fields and bookmarks. But: this is only a work-around as these fields only update when user presses F9 or the document is opened.

I did not test it extensively because a lot of research has to be done.* The principle is:

In Word afaik you cannot specify a date like in XL "Date(yr,mon,day)". You have to put the date into the document as simple text. Then you put a bookmark on it, which can be referenced to. So:

1) Put in Date of Event and bookmark it, e.g. bmDateEvent. The same with today's date: bmDateToday.

2) To extract the numeric value of a date you reference the bookmark with {ref bmDateEvent \# "0"}. The format switch \# converts the date into a value.

3) Now you can compute the difference in days with {={ref bmDateToday \# "0"} - {Ref bmDateEvent \# "0"}}.

4) Converting a time into a number would bring values between 0 and 1. Here it is easier to use the format switch \@ which brings you dates. E.g.: {Ref bmTimeEvent \@ "h"} shows the hour.

This works fine in Word97. But again: a lot of research has to be done. And without macros this is not updated continuously.

Markus.

* e.g. the value of May 9, 2007 is 60,000, the value of today is 112,016