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Default Complex merge fields/IF statements

(Apologies for cross-posting.)

I would appreciate some help in constructing more complex IF statements with merge fields in a Word merge (Word 2010). I have tried various attempts on my own based off of this site, but without getting the results I'm looking for: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/mailmerge/mmergeiffields.htm

ISSUE 1:
I would like to display the "Title" field only if it is NOT Mr., Mrs., Miss, or Ms. I only want OTHER titles to display (examples are Dr., Col., but those aren't the only ones; they can vary).

I tried this with only two of the four titles that I don't want as an example, but it isn't working properly:
{IF {MERGEFIELD Title}="Mr." {IF {MERGEFIELD Title}="Ms." "" {MERGEFIELD Title}}}

ISSUE2:
I would like to display the year that someone graduates (their "ClassYear" field). Usually, this is one year, but sometimes there is a graduate who earned two or three degrees. I want to show "ClassYear2" or "ClassYear3" (and a comma preceding each of them) only if there is content in those fields.

ISSUE3:
Spacing issues. I have a MiddleName and a NickName field that will sometimes have information, sometimes not. I want to only include appropriate spaces when either or both of those fields have content. (I imagine this is similar to the comma issue above.)

Thank you for any assistance.
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Default Complex merge fields/IF statements

Hi,

[Word 2010]
I would like to display the "Title" field only if it is NOT Mr., Mrs.,
Miss, or Ms. I only want OTHER titles to display (examples are Dr., Col.,
but those aren't the only ones; they can vary).


Try {IF {MERGEFIELD Title} "Mr." "{IF {MERGEFIELD Title} "Mrs." "{IF
{MERGEFIELD Title} "Miss" "{MERGEFIELD Title}" ""}" ""}" ""}


I want to show "ClassYear2" or "ClassYear3" (and a comma preceding each of
them) only if there is content in those fields.


Use the switch \b to add a character, e.g. a comma before the field: {
Mergefield ClassYear2 \b ","}

I have a MiddleName and a NickName field that will sometimes have
information, sometimes not.


Use the switch \b to add something before a non empty field, use the switch
\f to add something after a non empty field.

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Cheers,
Lisa

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