You must have some uneeded spaces in the field construction some where.

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"Michelle" wrote in message
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That was the first thing I tried - the result was spaces before the comma
like this:

JOHN SMITH, an individual; MARY SMITH, an individual ,and


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

If you always need ", and" after the last name, do not make it part of
the
mergefield construction. Simply have it as text in the document.

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