As the \b switch inserts a POSTNET bar code, I can't imagine what it is that
you are trying to do. As far as the text before a field if it is not
blank, you should be using an { IF } field construction for that.
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"sch06" wrote in message
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Thanks, I had consulted that site as well as this one already but couldn't
find anything on either about using two switches for one mergefield and
proper order for doing so.
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
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"sch06" wrote in message
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1. The datasource is .xls
2. It was originally imported from AS400 and so all the fields are
text
fields
3. However I need some of them to appear as currency with dollar
signs,
commas, two places after decimal points. Also, if the merge field
isn't
blank, I need text to appear before it.
I had tried just importing the datasource via DDE (would have solved
both
problems since I would have only needed the \b switch), but my computer
freezes everytime I merge when using that method. And I have plenty of
RAM,
so I'm not sure what the problem is there.
Thanks!
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
It would be easier to give you the information that you are asking for
if
you said:
1. What it is the datasource
2. How the information appears in the data source
3. How you want it to appear
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"sch06" wrote in message
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Can I use more than one switch for a merge field, and if so, is
there a
proper order I must use? Currently I'm trying to use the \# and \b
switches. It's showing the \b text, but not formatting the numbers
when I
merge.