Limitations of the Cardtext Number Format

Last reviewed: July 30, 1997
Article ID: Q35596

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

The Cardtext field number format has the following limitations:

Maximum number:    999,999
Minimum number:    0 (no negative numbers)
Decimals:          Rounded to the nearest number. Cardtext cannot
                   express decimals.

If these limitations are exceeded, Word will display the message:

   Error! Number cannot be represented in specified format.

Some examples of the Cardtext number format are as follows:

{=\* Cardtext 15}      Fifteen
{=\* Cardtext 20+15}   Thirty-Five
{=\* Cardtext 12.75}   Thirteen

KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: kbfield
Additional query words: winword 1.x 1.0 1.10 word6 7.0 word95
word7 winword 1.10a 2.0 2.0a 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2.0c 6.0 6.0a 6.0c
winword2 word97
Keywords : kbfield
Version : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0 7.
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: July 30, 1997
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