The PurchaseType field from Access can be used as a Mergefield in the way
detailed in the If...then...Else field construction, without having the
actual content of the field appear anywhere in the merge document.
Normally, I would say that manipulation such as that done by the use of
If...then...Else fields is best done in the data source if that source is a
data base. However, I understand from your original post that you want the
contents of an amount field to appear in different places in the letter
depending upon the PurchaseType.
Without seeing the actual context of where you want this information to
appear, it is difficult to tell you the best way to go about it.
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"Noel" wrote in message
news
It is a field within the Access database but it is not something that gets
merged into the letter in Word. Maybe this should be something in the
Access
query?
I'm a newbie to the statements that you can use so I am seeking any help i
can get.
Thanks
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
If the Purchase Type is not a mergefield, from where does it come?
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"Noel" wrote in message
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The purchase type is not a merge field, so my question would be is what
do
I
code the field code?
Thanks
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
To do it in the mailmerge main document, in the where you have (or
would
have the Buy Back) merge field, use
{ IF { MERGEFIELD PurchaseType } = "Buy Back" { MERGEFIELD Amount } }
and where you have (or would have the Buy In) merge field, use
{ IF { MERGEFIELD "PurchaseType } = "Buy In" { MERGEFIELD Amount } }
or something similar. You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of
field
delimiters { }.
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"Noel" wrote in message
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I have a mail merge letter that pulls information from an access
database.
I
need to put in an IF statement that says if the type of purchase is
buy
back,
then it is to mail merge the amount in the Buy Back merge field, if
it's a
Buy In, then it needs to merge it into the Buy In merge field. The
amounts
pull from the same field in access.
Thanks
"Dave Shaw" wrote:
The mergefields that you are doing the conditional argument on and
the
result would normally be the same. By putting in a line break at
the
end
of
the 'else' part will result in an additional line break if this
condition
is
met.
Anyway glad to be of help
"Nieve" wrote:
Hi.
I actually had to fiddle around with the code.
The correct code is
{ IF {MERGEFIELD Contact Name} = "No Contact" "The Manager"
"{MERGEFIELD
"Contact Name"}
"}
It worked great anyhow!
Nieve
"Dave Shaw" wrote:
I would suggest that you insert a field code such as:
{ IF {MERGEFIELD Contact Name} = "No Contact" "The Manager"
"{MERGEFIELD
Contact Name}"}
To do the above ensure you can see field codes - Tools,
Options,
view, field
codes, and insert the {} using Ctrl + F9
Hope this helps
Dave
"Nieve" wrote:
Hi
I have a mail merge letter to send to potential clients.
Some of the data in one merge field (Contact Name) is 'No
Contact'. I
want to set a rule in the mail merge template that says when
the
data 'No
Contact' is merged it is replaced with 'The Manager'. Is
there a
way of doing
this?
(I know I could do Find and Replace ('No Contact' with 'The
Manager') in
excel (where the data is stored), or when the mail merge is
completed. This
is not a solution however, as I simply need the template to
do
it
for me).
Thanks
Nieve