WinWord: Field to Insert Previous Month Based on Current Date

ID: Q80507

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

To insert the previous month's date in a Microsoft Word for Windows document, use the following field:

   {QUOTE {IF {DATE \@ M} = 1 12 {={DATE \@ M} - 1}}/1/92 \@ MMMM}

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 646, 752-753, 759-762

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," version 1.x, pages 85, 89-91, 94, 97-98, 105, 117-119

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: kbfield Additional query words: 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 1.0 1.1 1.1a 2.0 1.x 1.0 winword 7.0 word95 word6 winword 1.10 winword2 1.10a 2.0 last word7

Keywords          : kbusage kbfield 
Version           : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998