[Peter Jamieson]

If you are using the GREETINGLINE field, it may be because you have chosen
the layout that inserts "Mr. Joshua Randall Jr."

In that case, if there is a firstname field, you will get
courtesytitlespacefirstnamespacelastname
but if there is no firstname, you will get
courtesytitlespacespacelastname

- if you use ctrl-F9 to examine the contents of the GREETINGLINE field, it
is fairly clear to me why this is so.

I wouldn't try to work around this by editing the GREETINGLINE field - it's
probably better - though not particularly easy - to insert individual fields
with the logic necessary to insert the spaces you need.

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"fustrated165" wrote in message
...
when I do a mail merge spaces are sometimes added.
ie Mr. Jones Mr. Adams one space sometimes and sometimes 2 spaces are
added instead.
When I manually try to remove it, when I print it, it reverts to two
spaces
Any ideas?