Hi.
I want to ask 2 things.
First is about the auto updating date field. I was wondering is there a way to insert a field that could do "month+1" state. For example we got March (I can get that by typing MMMM in date options) instead of "March" I would like to get "April". I have tried (MMMM+1) with result : "March+1". How can I fix it and make it work ?

Apart from that is there a way to insert horizontal SOLID (not dashed) line in center of a text from left to right margin just like:


---------- TEXT ----------
without using autoshapes or tables.

Chears

Here's a sample of text using tab settings for horizontal lines.

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Sample Horizontal Line.docx (17.9 KB, 9 views)

hey thank you but how can I get it solid not dashed?

Oops sorry. How about this. Use the solid line dot leader, then select the text and format it from the Font menu on the Advanced tab as Lowered. Then select the tab after the text and return it to normal. Hope this helps.

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Sample Horizontal Line.docx (48.4 KB, 9 views)

That would be great but this is another way which includes few steps to achieve line so that means I suppose that in Word there are no easy ways to insert that kind of lines. How about that month+1 ?

Hi nightkn8,

For the auto-date, you need a field coded like:
{QUOTE "{=MOD({DATE \@ M},12)+1}/00" \@ "MMMM"}
or:
{QUOTE "{=MOD({DATE \@ M},12)+1}/1/00" \@ "MMMM"}
or:
{QUOTE "{=MOD({DATE \@ M};12)+1}/00" \@ "MMMM"}
or:
{QUOTE "{=MOD({DATE \@ M};12)+1}/1/00" \@ "MMMM"}
depending on your regional settings. The 1st & 3rd are for regions using a D/M/Y format, whilst the 2nd & 4th are for regions using a M/D/Y format. The 1st & 2nd are for regions using commas for the thousands separator, whilst the 3rd & 4th are for regions using commas for the decimal separator.

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

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Paul Edstein
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I've seen references to Border > Horizontal line, but never used it. Ther's also a fairly recent forum post about overlines.

For the horizontal line, you could use a single tab either side of the text, formattted with the strikethrough attribute. Simply use tabs either side of the text, with a centre-aligned tabstop for the text and a right-aligned tabstop after it to continue the line to the margin.

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Paul Edstein
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Ah, that's what OP meant – I misread the question :-}

I'm getting january with this formula. Any change that I do in it causes january return.
ex
{QUOTE "{=MOD({DATE \@ M},12)+1}/1/00" \@ "MMMM"}
{QUOTE "{=MOD({DATE \@ M},12)+2}/1/00" \@ "MMMM"}
{QUOTE "{=MOD({DATE \@ M},12)+2}/2/00" \@ "MMMM"}
all above will give january

Hi nightkn8,

In post #6, you'll see that there are four versions of the formula, as its workings are dependent upon your regional settings. You're evidently using the wrong version.

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Paul Edstein
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I tried:
the first: {QUOTE "{=MOD({DATE \@ M},12)+1}/00" \@ "MMMM"}
gives me line "{=MOD({DATE @ M},12)+1}/00" when I update it.
second: {QUOTE "{=MOD({DATE \@ M},12)+1}/1/00" \@ "MMMM"}
gives me "january" when I update it

Im form Poland btw.

Hi nightkn8,

OK, being from Poland, you may need to use the 3rd or 4th version in post #6.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]