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Default Ignore merge field codes when field doesn't exist

Hi, I work at a charity, and we have a template letter document that prints
different receipt letters depending on different donations.

Sometimes, raffle tickets will have been purchased, and we need to add the
ticket range info to the letter. The problem is that letters without raffle
ticket information don't have ticket info fields in the data. Therefore, I
get "Error! MergeField was not found in header record of data source" errors.
Is there a way to display field data only if the field actually exists in
the data source? Something like 'if exists {mergefield firstTicket}' or '{if
{mergefield firstTicket } is not null'

thanks for any help
Using:
Word 2003
Win XP Pro