Microsoft KB Archive/97591

= Maximum Values for Field Format Switches =

Article ID: 97591

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2.0a
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Word 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q97591



SUMMARY
A field will produce the following result (error message)

Error! Number Cannot be Represented in Specified Format

when the resulting value exceeds the maximum value for the field formatting switch.

Below is a list of the maximum values each field formatting switch can produce. If the maximum value is exceeded, the preceding error message will appear as the field result.   Switch      Maximum \*alphabetic  Values > 6,656.4999 \*arabic      Values > 2,147,483,647.4999

Note: Can produce the above error message or        incorrect results.

\*cardtext    Values > 999,999.4999 \*dollartext  Values > 999,999.99 \*hex         Values > 32,767.4999 \*ordinal     Values > 2,147,483,647.4999 \*ordtext     Values > 999,999.4999 \*roman       Values > 3,999



MORE INFORMATION
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 on field switches in Word for Windows 2.0, search for &quot;switches&quot; using the Help menu. Reference(s): &quot;Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference,&quot; pages 112-114

Additional query words: limit limits limitation 6.0 word6 winword 7.0 word95 word7 limitations max exceed exceeds numeric 1.0 1.10a 2.0 winword2 word97

Keywords: kbfield KB97591

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