Calculate Field from Drop Down Results in Word for Mac 2011

macropod · #8 11-11-2015, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by acerie

2) The Insert > Field... *does* work, but I have to do this several times, in effect, nesting each field... one of which is the REF field, which I do each time for each dropdown.

Yes, you can do it via Insert > Field, but that's terribly inefficient compared to simply pressing Cmd-F9 (or Cmd-fn-F9) three times to create them. You also wouldn't want to be using Insert > Field for the complex field coding examples depicted in my Mailmerge Tips & Tricks thread (https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-merge/) or in the Word field math & date tutorials referred to in that link.

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