Exclamation Marks Not Allowed in Calculated Selection (65718)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1
- Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0b
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q65718 SUMMARY
When using Calculate from the Utilities menu, the selection cannot
contain any exclamation marks.
Microsoft Word for Windows uses exclamation marks to indicate errors
in its field calculations and returns the message "!Syntax Error" if
it finds any exclamation marks in the selection that is being
calculated.
To calculate the selection, it is necessary to temporarily remove the
exclamation marks before the calculation and replace them after the
calculation is complete.
Word for Windows does not have Calculate on the Tools menu. ToolsCalculate
is still a Word command which can be assigned to a menu or toolbar. A
"!Syntax Error" is still generated if the selection contains an
excalamation mark.
REFERENCES
"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference" pages 27, 383.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbfield KB65718 |
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