custom field word 2010

[thomas47]

Hi everybody,

I'm new on this forum.
I'm working on a word 2010 document.
in a table, I have a field in the first cell to display a document property. In the second cell, I would like to display just a part of the first cell.
for example:


first cell: blabla
second cell: bla

I'm trying to use a formula like excel (=replace) but it's not working.
I'm French and my English is not perfect so I hope it's understandable.

Thank you in advance to everybody for your feedback.

[Stefan Blom]

In the first cell, bookmark whatever you want to display in the second cell. Then insert a cross-reference to bookmark content in the second cell.

If you are saying that you want to reference part of the document property, you may be out of luck.

[thomas47]

Thank you Stefan. it's working perfectly with a cross-reference.
you're right, I want to reference part of the document property.

Thank you again

[Stefan Blom]

Thanks for the follow-up. Note that, if you inserted the document property via a field, updating it may cause the bookmark to be lost.

[Charles Kenyon]

I do not believe there is a field solution to what you want. If you can use macros those could parse the document property and store it as either another (custom) document property or a document variable that could then be stored in your second cell. (I do not know how to do this; I am just aware that it can be done.)

If this is in a form, you could possibly use an on-exit macro.