A+1=B - Incrementing alphabetically

[BigBad]

Hi.

I've been going around and around trying to sort out how to do an A+1=
type of numbering using VBA.

I can do it via an array or via the outline method but these are no
what I am after.

I want to go to a location on multiple pages (the same location on eac
page)and then dump the incremented letter.

While a FrameMaker user these days, somewhere in the deep dank swamp
of my memory, I'm sure I recall Word doing this in a very simpl
fashion but for the life of me I cannot recall how.

BTW, I'm using Word 2000 and my VBA skills are 50%+

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA

Bruc

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I think that you are after a { SEQ } field. You can insert it from the
Insert>Fields menu.

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[Bruce Brown]

Bruce -

Sounds as if what you want here is a plain old field, or am I missing
something? A + 1 = B, B + 1 = C? You mean A,B,C, right?

You could use a SEQ field . . .

{ SEQ x \*ALPHABETIC }

.. . . or a LISTNUM field . . .

{ LISTNUM OutlneDefault \L 2 }

.. . . or an AUTONUM field . . .

{ AUTONUM \*ALPHABETIC }

You're probably better off with LISTNUM or AUTONUM fields because you
don't have to update them the way you do with SEQ fields.

Easiest way to create field: press Ctrl-F and type in the contents
between the field brackets.

- Bruce