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problem using IF along with a FILLIN
I am trying to get a letter that we use in my office to only ask me a
specific question when performing the merge. It works OK but for some reason when I actually type something into the fillin box (instead of leaving blank as it should be for the rest of the office) it asks the fillin question for the twice. Can anyone see why it is doing this, I am missing something, I guess... IF {USERNAME}\*MERGEFORMAT}= "Bradley Lansinger, CPCS" "{FILLIN "Is there a contact listed for {MERGEFIELD AFFILIATION_NAME}that this letter should be addressed to?" }" ""} |
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Hi ?B?QkxhbnNpbmdlcg==?=,
It has to do with how fields within fields are executed; basically, it's executing once for the IF field check, and once "for itself". Try this: Rather than a Fillin field within the IF field, insert an ASK field somewhere before the IF field (at the beginning of the doc, for instance). An ASK field doesn't display its contents, instead, it puts them in a bookmark. In the IF field, insert a REF field to pick up the ASK field's contents, in place of the current Fillin field. I am trying to get a letter that we use in my office to only ask me a specific question when performing the merge. It works OK but for some reason when I actually type something into the fillin box (instead of leaving blank as it should be for the rest of the office) it asks the fillin question for the twice. Can anyone see why it is doing this, I am missing something, I guess... IF {USERNAME}\*MERGEFORMAT}= "Bradley Lansinger, CPCS" "{FILLIN "Is there a contact listed for {MERGEFIELD AFFILIATION_NAME}that this letter should be addressed to?" }" ""} Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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