WD: Incorrect Value/Table Cell Inserted Referencing Bookmark
Article ID: 157213
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q157213
SYMPTOMS
Case 1
When you reference a bookmarked table cell using a formula field, Word
inserts an incorrect value.
Case 2
When you reference a bookmarked table cell using the Ref field, Word
inserts a table cell containing the correct value.
WORKAROUND
Use the appropriate method to reference the correct information in a table
cell or to use a value contained in a table cell in a calculation:
Method 1: Bookmark the Contents of the Table Cell
Do not bookmark the entire table cell. Ensure that the end of cell marker
is not selected when you set the bookmark in the table cell.
Use either a FORMULA or REF field to retrieve the contents of the bookmark.
For example: { =bookmarkname } or { REF bookmarkname }
Method 2: Bookmark the Entire Table
Use the FORMULA field to reference the appropriate table cell using the
formula { =SUM(bookmarkname cell ) }.
For example: { =SUM(table1 C3 ) }
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the
beginning of this article.
Additional query words: wrong value
Keywords: kbbug kbualink97 kbtable kbfield KB157213