Number-only field allows "t" and "h"?!

[FoiledByOffice]

Set a field to be a number only and then try adding letters. Most fail and
cause the field to be 0, but somehow Word thinks that t and h are allowed and
then any calculations *STOP* at the t or h, so that t.00 is 0.00, 5h6.00 is
5.00, 9.9t is 9.90 and so on.

What the?!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

My fly-by guess is that Word is allowing for ordinals (4th, 5th) in dates,
but if that were the case, wouldn't st, nd, and rd also have to be allowed?

 

[FoiledByOffice]

My thoughts as well, so I guess we can call this one a BUG. If they put out
a new version that ONLY fixed bugs, I'd upgrade EVERY client faster than any
tweaked interface and color scheme in their annual versions to date...
Oh well, guess I have to "deal" with this one, but it's not as bad as when I
change a field and then have to open and click the "OK" button in every other
field ot make sure they all calculate properly afterwards - but that's
another topic entirely...

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Rm9pbGVkQnlPZmZpY2U=?=,

I guess we can call this one a BUG

It is. I reported it two days ago and it's been entered in
the bug database.

Cindy Meister