I'm using MS Word 2010 Professional Plus version 14.0.6112.5000 (32-bit)
I'm typing time within brackets and I want it to be sequenced like this:

[6:01pm] <Trudy> how have u been?
[6:02pm] <Adrian> good
[6:03pm] <Trudy> missed u @ Beeniez
[6:04pm] <Adrian> 2broke2go

I don't want to keep typing the time within brackets. I am hoping there's a way that it can be automatically sequenced when I hit enter and go to the next line.

Even better would be the ability to have every other line sequenced so that it could like real chat-text:

[6:01pm] <Trudy> how have u been?


[6:01pm] <Adrian> good
[6:02pm] <Trudy> missed u@ Beeniez
[6:02pm] <Adrian> 2broke2go

Thanks in advance for your help.

Anie Nham

Hi Anie,

Word doesn't have a numbering format that will do this. However, you could do it with a field coded like:
{QUOTE{SET TmVal {SEQ Tm \r 2160}}"{=INT(TmVal/120) \# 0}:{=MOD(INT(TmVal/2),60) \# 00}{=TmVal-1440 \# "PM;AM;PM"}"}
for the starting time, where '2160' is the starting time in minutes since midnight times 2.
Thereafter, a slightly simpler version of the field (which you can copy & paste) can be used:
{QUOTE{SET TmVal {SEQ Tm}}"{=INT(TmVal/120) \# 0}:{=MOD(INT(TmVal/2),60) \# 00}{=TmVal-1440 \# "PM;AM;PM"}"}

Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above examples are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message.

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Paul Edstein
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Thanks for the quick response, Paul.
I'm going to try it now to see how it works out.
I'll inform you of my success with it.

Paul,

Can I do this in Autocorrect?
Or do I have to go to Quick Parts> Field>Seq or Quote?

Anie

What you could do is create two custom Quick Parts - one for the initializing field and one for the continuation field.

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Paul Edstein
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