Article ID: 97591
Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007
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
This article was previously published under Q97591
SUMMARY
A field will produce the following result (error message)
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 "switches" using the Help menu. Reference(s): "Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," pages 112-114
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