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Using mail merge to distinguish colours in Word
However, these strings can also span multiple paragraphs (not just a
single word as I have used) and could include tables with the cell shading you're after. FWIW they can also include /inline/ textboxes but AFAICS you will then also always get the "Word cannot update locked fields" problem when merging. Peter Jamieson "macropod" wrote in message ... hi ben, The best you can do with field coding is to approximate what you're after. For example, you could use field coding like: {IF{MERGEFIELD Colour}= "Blue" "Water"} {IF{MERGEFIELD Colour}= "Red" "Fire"} {IF{MERGEFIELD Colour}= "Green" "Grass"} and colour/highlight the 'Water', 'Fire' and 'Grass' strings with the colour/highlight you want. This will colour/highlight those text strings, but nothing more. However, these strings can also span multiple paragraphs (not just a single word as I have used) and could include tables with the cell shading you're after. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "ben_johnson1991" wrote in message ... I'm using a mail merge from Excel. I dont think this is possible but its worth a try. I want colours that are listened in excel to be able to represent a colour of a text box in word. example. The title could be "Tree" and in the colour associated in the excel sheet would be "Green", so in word when the mail merge is run to put "Tree" into a text box and i would like somehow for word to recognise "green" and then make that text box background colour green. Any help would be great, even if its that it's not possible. Thanks |
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