macro for displaying section field +1 digit?

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Bob W - 08 May 2008 22:54 GMT

The Section field, when added into a document, displays an arabic numeral
showing the section number where it resides.

What syntax would cause display of the section number, incremented by one
digit?

(ie, the Section field, if placed in section 2, displays a "2" but with this
new syntax, would display a "3"; if positioned in section 12 it would
display a "13", etc.)

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 09 May 2008 01:22 GMT

The following Field construction

{ = { SECTION } + 1 }

You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters and Alt+F9 to
toggle off their display.

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> The Section field, when added into a document, displays an arabic numeral
> showing the section number where it resides.
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> new syntax, would display a "3"; if positioned in section 12 it would
> display a "13", etc.)

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Bob W - 09 May 2008 15:44 GMT

Doug, this is wierd.

If I choose Insert Field and choose the SECTION macro from the list, i get a
section number displayed in the document.

The resulting field, when made visible with Alt-F9, reads,

{ SECTION \* Arabic \* MERGEFORMAT } and, all is well.

But if I use Ctrl-F9 to insert delimiters and very, very carefully manually
type that very same syntax, I get NO section numeral!

Similarly, when I type the syntax you propose,

{ = { SECTION } + 1}

this also does not produce a section number display.

I also tried,

{ = { SECTION \* Arabic \* MERGEFORMAT } + 1}

...but this does not produce a section number display, either.

Where am I going wrong?

> The following Field construction
>
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> > new syntax, would display a "3"; if positioned in section 12 it would
> > display a "13", etc.)

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 11 May 2008 22:57 GMT

It definitely works here. Did you update the field?

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> Doug, this is wierd.
>
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>> > new syntax, would display a "3"; if positioned in section 12 it would
>> > display a "13", etc.)

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