Error Message: Error! Number Cannot Be Represented in Specified Format (278395)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Word 2002
  • Microsoft Word 2000
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q278395

SYMPTOMS

After you add a format switch to a field, the field results may produce the following error message:
Error! Number Cannot be Represented in Specified Format

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the resulting value exceeds the maximum value for the field formatting switch.

NOTE: This problem also occurs when the total number of digits in the number exceeds 63 digits. The total number of digits includes the decimal point but does not include separators such as commas.

MORE INFORMATION

The following is a list of the maximum values that each field formatting switch can produce. If the maximum value is exceeded, the error message in the "Symptoms" section of this article appears as the field result.

Switch Maximum value
\* Alphabetic 780.49999999999979999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
\* Arabic 2,147,483,647.4999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
\* CardText 999,999.49999997999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
\* DollarText 999,999.9999999998999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
\* Hex 32767.499999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
\* Ordinal 2,147,483,647.4999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
\* OrdText 999,999.49999997999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
\* Roman 32,767.499999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999


Field format switches are used to format the result of a field. For example, the field {=99.99 \* DollarText} yields the following result:

Ninety-nine and 99/100

For more information about field format switches, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type general switches in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the limitation of the starting number of the PAGE field, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212159 WD2000: How to Specify a Starting Page Number Other Than 1

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/18/2003
Keywords:kbfield kbprb KB278395
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