WD97: Parentheses Don't Display in Result of Form Field Number

ID: Q172962

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

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 will not display 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

WORKAROUND

Currently there is no workaround for this problem. The parentheses will need to be omitted.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Other symbols, such as the backslash (\), forward slash (/) or hyphen(-) will display in the form field result.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q156485
   TITLE     : WD97: Form Field Command No Longer on the Insert Menu

For more information about form fields, click the Office Assistant, type "form fields", click Search, and then click one of the choices.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

Additional query words: 8.0 8.00

Keywords          : kbfield winword word97 kblayout 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix kbpending

Last Reviewed: February 13, 1999