How can I type different characters (not only numbers) to the Boss Extrude_Direction Box?

I have Solid Works 2012. (On a retina MacBook Pro with Parallels.) I would like to write something similar value to the 'Depth' box:

= "D1@Sketch1"

But the software doesn't let me type it to there.

Thank is advance!

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