MS WORD Custom Fields

[kennycad]

I have a word document in which i have the standard "filename and path" field within the footer.

I am curious to know if i can create some custom fields that when updated show the following:

if for instance the filename was 1234_H001_P1.doc

Field 1 would show characters starting at 6 thru 4 characters EG H001

I dont know how to program fields however to acheive this in other programs it could be something like

(substr FILENAME 6 4)

Any idea's

Thanks

 

[macropod]

Hi kennycad,

Word fields don't have any string manipulation capabilities.

There is a brute-force field coding workaround you could use to extract a sub-string, but it's not for the faint-hearted. For example, assuming the characters you want are alpha-numeric only, you need a field code like the following just to extract the 6th character from a FILENAME field:

{QUOTE{SET Data {FILENAME}}
{IF{REF Data }= "?????1*" 1 {IF{REF Data }= "?????2*" 2 {IF{REF Data }= "?????3*" 3 {IF{REF Data }= "?????4*" 4 {IF{REF Data }= "?????5*" 5 {IF{REF Data }= "?????6*" 6 {IF{REF Data }= "?????7*" 7 {IF{REF Data }= "?????8*" 8 {IF{REF Data }= "?????9*" 9 {IF{REF Data }= "?????0*" 0}}}}}}}}}}
{IF{REF Data }= "?????a*" a {IF{REF Data }= "?????b*" b {IF{REF Data }= "?????c*" c {IF{REF Data }= "?????d*" d {IF{REF Data }= "?????e*" e {IF{REF Data }= "?????f*" f {IF{REF Data }= "?????g*" g {IF{REF Data }= "?????h*" h {IF{REF Data }= "?????i*" i {IF{REF Data }= "?????j*" j {IF{REF Data }= "?????k*" k {IF{REF Data }= "?????l*" l {IF{REF Data }= "?????m*" m {IF{REF Data }= "?????n*" n {IF{REF Data }= "?????o*" o {IF{REF Data }= "?????p*" p {IF{REF Data }= "?????q*" q {IF{REF Data }= "?????r*" r {IF{REF Data }= "?????s*" s {IF{REF Data }= "?????t*" t}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
{IF{REF Data }= "?????u*" u {IF{REF Data }= "?????v*" v {IF{REF Data }= "?????w*" w {IF{REF Data }= "?????x*" x {IF{REF Data }= "?????y*" y {IF{REF Data }= "?????z*" z {IF{REF Data }= "?????A*" A {IF{REF Data }= "?????B*" B {IF{REF Data }= "?????C*" C {IF{REF Data }= "?????D*" D {IF{REF Data }= "?????E*" E {IF{REF Data }= "?????F*" F {IF{REF Data }= "?????G*" G {IF{REF Data }= "?????H*" H {IF{REF Data }= "?????I*" I {IF{REF Data }= "?????J*" J {IF{REF Data }= "?????K*" K {IF{REF Data }= "?????L*" L {IF{REF Data }= "?????M*" M {IF{REF Data }= "?????N*" N}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
{IF{REF Data }= "?????O*" O {IF{REF Data }= "?????P*" P {IF{REF Data }= "?????Q*" Q {IF{REF Data }= "?????R*" R {IF{REF Data }= "?????S*" S {IF{REF Data }= "?????T*" T {IF{REF Data }= "?????U*" U {IF{REF Data }= "?????V*" V {IF{REF Data }= "?????W*" W {IF{REF Data }= "?????X*" X {IF{REF Data }= "?????Y*" Y {IF{REF Data }= "?????Z*" Z}}}}}}}}}}}}}

My recommendation? Use a macro or take a different course.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[kennycad]

that is a lot of code.

think i will attempt to put a macro together instead.

the text i wish to modify is located half way down the page. how do i code a macro to select that particular piece of text?

Any ideas.

 

[fumei]

half way down the page" means absolutely nothing to Word. Zip.

A macro do what, exactly? What, precisely, do you want a macro to do?

If you want to action a chunk of text in Word, the best route is to bookmark that chunk. You can do all the string manipulations you want with bookmark content.

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Gerry
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