Field code error (word 2003)

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I would really appreciate some help on a problem I’m having.

I am trying to insert an IF field code into a header but get the error “Unknown Op code for conditional.”
I have attached a sample document giving the error.

I have also copied the field code in plain text showing the field ends as simple braces.

Can anyone help?
I’m hoping to use this field in a header to make the header text conditional.
The field without the IF works properly, wheter in the body or in the header but the IF field works in neither.

I chose to use SUM rather than OR because I want to use 8 bookmarks in the condition and SUM seems to allow this.

Thanks,
Judith

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In your example, the field evaluates to { IF 2 True False }, which I think Word does not understand (i.e., unlike some programming languages, “IF 2” is neither true nor false). What does the “2” signify, or what should it be compared against?

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Thanks for the reply. It’s getting closer now.

2 is recognised as FALSE since it’s not 1 – but in the real document the bookmarks P1, P2 etc are never on the same page.

I found I had to add an operator and a second expression.

The final field is pretty complex and will need to be revised if I add a Part 9 but it seems to work OK.

The first page of each Part has a local TOC. If the toc goes to a second page, the header is wrong, but that’s not as bad as having the header wrong for the first page of each Part.

Thanks,
Judith

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