Compile the field construction manually in a blank document then paste it
into the cell.
Given the description of your merge document, and to pre-empt your next
question, can I suggest you take a look at the tutorial 'macropod' has
prepared based on the Microsoft support link (below), with working field
codes and a sample Excel data source which you can also download from my
website
http://www.gmayor.com/Zips/Catalogue%20Mailmerge.zip
How to use mail merge to create a list sorted by category -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294686
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"MikeB" wrote in message
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On Feb 9, 10:00 am, "Graham Mayor" wrote:
"MikeB" wrote in message
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You could take a look at my web
page -http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm. It should give you
some
ideas.
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Graham, thank you for your quick response. Is this in the Help
somewhere? (Have I ever complained how hard I find it to get the right
help section in the new Help system in Office 2007?).
If I look at your example, then a stylized representation seems to be:
{IF {condition "{true_action}" "{false_action}"}
and then to identify "stuff" (for want of a better technical term), I
use the Mergefield identifier to name the data element in the merging
record? Sorry if I'm being vague or imprecise.
If there is a good reference for this could you please point me there?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Now I have a really weird problem. The field I want to insert is in a
table that is imbedded in a cell of a bigger table. (Background: I'm
creating these cards with specific information on them, so I'm doing a
mail merge into each card - rather a label merge)
The condition is in a cell that is on the bottom of the table, so when
I edit the field and all fie field codes are displayed, it pushed the
bits I'm working with o0ut of sight, so I can't easily figure out what
I'm doing since I'm typing blind. Is ther some way I can edit this
text somewhere and then copy/paste it into the field?