OK, Word's field coding can't parse a string like that. An on-exit macro could, though. Before investing any effort into that, though, please confirm whether you're using formfields or content controls and where the output should go. An updated sample document would help, too.

__________________
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Hi Macropod,

Apologies for delay in reply, have been on a couple of weeks leave.

I'm using formfields and as requested I've attached an updated sample document, which comes in two parts. On page one the document as a user would find it, and on page two how it would hopefully look.

I've included some colour coding to help identify what is needed and where.

At the top of the document, the Green highlighted text is where the user would enter the URN. The Red highlighted part of the URN is the bit I need Word to identify.

The outcome/output is then displayed in the Yellow highlighted text below, for these I have added the field titles to the right of each.

The text highlighted in Blue will just be a copy of the reference number entered at the top of the document.

The codes are attached in the accompanying Excel sheet.

Should it prove too difficult to identify that one part in the reference I guess the identified could be entered separately??

Thanks,

Ballst

Attached Files

	Case1.doc (115.0 KB, 11 views)
	FieldCodes.xls (28.5 KB, 10 views)