I'm talking about this:
Dept = { FORMDROPDOWN }
{IF{REF Dropdown1 \* MERGEFORMAT}= "HR" "001"}
When the number, in this case 001, is generated by the IF condition, how do you use that number in a calculation/formula? The "001" has no bookmark to use in another formula. What would be the reference?

I tried just using the same formula and adding the calculation into it
{={IF{REF Dropdown1 \* MERGEFORMAT}= "HR" "001"}*(REF UXOQTY1}} but it doesn't work.

In my form I want the N.E.W. (from the selection made in Dropdown UXONomen01) * UXOQTY1 to be calculated and shown in the TOTAL N.E.W.
Since the TOTAL N.E.W. textfield relies on bookmarks to do a calculation (right?), I'm guessing it would have to be done outside of the field's properties.

I'm not sure how else to explain what I'm trying to do here.

Using this I put the sample into a vertically and horizontally merged table an it still works. Not sure what the difference is between what I'm doing with the sample and my working form.

The 001 is simply the displayed output. You don't reference that in a calculation; only whatever Dropdown1 returns. You can also lose the ' \* MERGEFORMAT' - it's quite unnecessary. So, if you want to use th, you'd code along the lines of:
{={IF{REF Dropdown1}= "Finance" 2 {IF{REF Dropdown1}= "HR" 1 0}}*5}
where 5 is whatever you want to multiply the selected item's value by. However, that's really no different than:
{IF{REF Dropdown1}= "HR" 5}{IF{REF Dropdown1}= "Finance" 10}
I suggest you take a look at my Microsoft Word Field Maths Tutorial, available at:
http://windowssecrets.com/forums/sho...Maths-Tutorial
and:
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

I'm sure a lot of it is due to the fact that I have no idea what I'm actually doing, but...

When I am in ALT-F9 view and putting in the code/formula it doesn't always "activate". Is there something else I should be doing? When I go back to normal view the formula is sometimes written out as it is rather than being "invisible".

Forgive my terminology... I'm still learning to speak code.

I'm still struggling the get numbers from a dropdown condition to multiply with a FORMTEXT field number. I've tried various ways explained in the tutorial. Again, I'm sure I'm either doing it wrong or assuming one thing works with another when it doesn't.

Is there a way to use the displayed output in a separate calculation? That's what I've been trying to do.

I tried using the table cell address that contains the output, but I'm guessing that's not an option either.