I still seem to have something wrong here.
I have
Title Initial . Last_Name
One of my addressees is J Smith
Whatever I try, I get a blank space before the "J"
"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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Doug Robbins' answer covers it.
Try help under "If field." Click on examples.
{ If Test1 = "" "" "Test1 " }
This checks the value of the bookmark Test1. If it is empty, nothing is
inserted, otherwise if it is not empty, Test1 followed by a space is
inserted. You would insert your merge field in place of Test1 in both
places.
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"oe" wrote in message
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I seem to have trouble merging when the first one or two mergefields are
blank, e.g.
Title Initial . Last_Name
If Title is blank, I want to enter Initial but without a blank space at
the beginning; if there is nothing in the Title or Initial fields, I want
just the last name - again without any blanks. It should look something
like
Title: Mr (or blank space)
Initial: A (or blank space)
Last_Name (two blank spaces) Famille Dupont
Not sure if I've explained that very well!
Thanks for your help.
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
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If a field is empty or blank, it will be equal to "" in an
If...then....Else field construction.
Is there anything else that you need to know about it?
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"oe" wrote in message
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Can someone please point me in the direction of help understanding the
Null fields, e.g. "" " so that I can work out If..Else..statements,
etc - this does not appear to be covered in Help for Word 2003
TIA