WD: Bookmark Errors in FORMULA or Text Form Fields (105899)
The information in this article applies to:
- 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 for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
This article was previously published under Q105899 SYMPTOMS
If you define a bookmark whose name has one or two letters plus a
number (such as BM1 or ZZ4096) and then insert a FORMULA field that
performs a calculation using the bookmark reference, one of the
following field errors may appear in place of the field result:
!Error at <bookmarkname>
!Error <bookmarkname> is not in table
!Error at BM1
If the calculation is part of a FORMTEXT (Text Form) field definition,
nothing happens when you update the Text Form field, and no result
appears.
NOTE: The "!Error <bookmarkname> is not in table" error occurs if the
FORMULA field is located in a table.
For example, if you insert and then update the following fields, the
field error occurs in place of the FORMULA field:
{set BM1 1}
{set BM2 2}
{=BM1+BM2}
CAUSE
In a FORMULA field, Word considers bookmark names that consist of one
or two letters plus a number to be table cell references instead of
bookmark names. Cell references take precedence over bookmarks, so if
the bookmark does not reference a valid table cell in the document,
the FORMULA field yields an error instead of a result.
WORKAROUND
Change the bookmark name so Word no longer thinks it is a table cell
reference. For example, change "BM1" to "BAM1", or change "ZZ4096" to
"ZZZ4096".
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbFont kbprb KB105899 |
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