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Q172962: WD97: Parentheses Do Not Appear in Result of Form Field Number

Article: Q172962
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta word8 kbfield word97 kblayout
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you modify the number format to include parentheses within a Text Form
Field Options dialog box, where the type of text form field is set to Number,
the parentheses do not appear in the form field result.

For example, if you want to format a form field to display a phone number
formatted as

  (206) 555-1234

using the number format of

  (###) ###-####

the result will be

  2065551234.00

NOTE: This problem also occurs when you open a Word 2000 document in Word 97,
when the Word 2000 document contains a text form field that uses the same number
format described in this article.

WORKAROUND
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Currently there is no workaround for this problem. The parentheses must be
omitted.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.<A0>This problem was corrected in Microsoft
Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION
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Other symbols, such as the backslash (\), forward slash (/), or hyphen(-), are
displayed in the form field result.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q156485 WD97: Form Field Command No Longer on the Insert Menu

For more information about form fields, click "Contents and Index" on the Help
menu, click the Index tab in Word Help, type the following text

  form fields

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "form fields" topic. If you
are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: back slash parens parenthesis wd97

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Keywords          : kbdta word8 kbfield word97 kblayout 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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