Hi there,



Sorry, I'm very new to all this, please bear with me.

I've inherited a mail merge document and I need to add a new field that displays the 1st of next month based on a value in my source data (a column called Date_First_Payment).

e.g. If Date_First_Payment = "10/07/2024 00:00" then I'd like to show "1st August 2024".

I've had a look at DateCalc V2 and it looks like there's a brilliant function there that I can tweak slightly to give me what I want, "Calculate the day & date of the nth day of next month".

However, I'm a bit lost as to how I'd actually get that function pointed to the datasource value of Date_First_Payment, rather than today's date.

I've tried removing the "Date" and then, in its place. inserting my Date_First_Payment mailmerge field, but I get...

1-!Syntax Error, ,-2024

I'm not sure if it's just the way I'm adding the field in that's wrong, or if the presence of the time "00:00" in my data value, is what is scuppering it?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot,

Andy

Hi,

I managed to sort this out myself.

In case it helps someone else clueless, I found I only needed to delete "DATE" (or "Date") and then literally just type "MERGEFIELD Date_first_payment" in its place.

I thought as I was changing it from the Word "DATE" value to a merge field that I would need to do Insert Merge Field (as you "always have to use the UI").

However on this occasion, as the structure I needed was already there, this was inserting extra brackets around the merge field which I didn't need.

Thanks,

Andy.T

For those finding this thread, look at Paul Edstein's:

• Microsoft Word Date Calculation Tutorial
• Microsoft Word Field Maths Tutorial

These are pinned to the start of this forum. These are extensive and should be saved to your computer so you can reference them without Internet access!