Using IF Fields with FORMTEXT

[Greg]

JKC,

In addition to verifiying "calculate on exit" is checked
as Chad mentioned, you need to properly reference the
bookmark named dept. You can do this either { REF dept }
or just { dept }. That said, modify your conditional
field to:

{ IF { dept } = "HR""Janet""Fred" }


Again, all { } pairs are entered with CTRL+F9

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I'm trying to set up a Word form which autocompletes some

questions based on answers to the first set of questions.
I think I should be able to use an IF statement to do
this, but am having problems getting this working with
Text form fields added using the forms toolbar.

I am using Word 2002 w/ XP professional.

I've searched these groups & have read the Dian Chapman

articles, but she uses VBA macros & I'm trying to avoid
this.

Here's an example (looking at the fieldsw/ curly brackets

the one's added by word or ctrl F9):

Department { FORMTEXT} - this has the bookmark Dept

assigned by editing properties.

Your contact person is {IF Dept = "HR" "Janet" "Fred" }

Do I have to label the bookmark differently because it's

using a text form field? I tried the following, but that
didn't work either!

Your contact person is {IF {FORMTEXT Dept} = "HR" "Janet" "Fred" }

I can get this to work for numerical fields but not text.
Ideally I'd also like to do this for check boxes - eg if

a YES check box is checked then a new question would pop
up.