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Can I use the skip record if function if i want a certain piece of data to
have a certain piece of information? For example i am making a 3 page
document. Each page is a survey. Each survey is the same except it is made
up of 3 samples. The 3 samples have different numbers for instance sample #
1 is 361 #2 is 652 and # 3 is 985. The problem is i want 361 to contain
question number 3 but not 4 and 5. and i want 652 and 985 to contain
questions 4 and 5 but not 3. Is there a way to do skips in the document?

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Hi dmaka1986,

I don't think a SKIPIF field is what you're after here. Rather, an ordinary IF field test should do the job. You could code such a
field via the following steps:
.. copy your «Sample» field and paste it into your document wherever the question to be displayed/suppressed should go;
.. select the field and press Ctrl-F9 to enclose it in a new field, thus {«Sample»};
.. fill in around the new field braces thus, paying careful attention to the spacing {IF«Sample»= 361 "Question 3"};
.. repeat for each conditional question (eg {IF«Sample»= 652 "Question 4 & Question 5"});
.. run your mailmerge.

Note: The output text appearing between the double quotes for a given field can include muliple paragraphs, tables, etc.

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"dmaka1986" u48887@uwe wrote in message news:903cbe8ec0d3a@uwe...
Can I use the skip record if function if i want a certain piece of data to
have a certain piece of information? For example i am making a 3 page
document. Each page is a survey. Each survey is the same except it is made
up of 3 samples. The 3 samples have different numbers for instance sample #
1 is 361 #2 is 652 and # 3 is 985. The problem is i want 361 to contain
question number 3 but not 4 and 5. and i want 652 and 985 to contain
questions 4 and 5 but not 3. Is there a way to do skips in the document?


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