MS WORD does not give me the ability to search a text field to see if
it "contains" a certain word, which then can trigger a "Then"
statement. Can it be done?

EX: IF Mergfield Q2 contains the word "cost" insert the following
paragraph

Word is a word processor, not a database. If you need to manipulate data,
you should use a database.

If you can't do that, you could use a macro that makes use of the Wildcard
search facility to populate another field that you create in the datasource
with something if the word is found in the field.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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MS WORD does not give me the ability to search a text field to see if
it "contains" a certain word, which then can trigger a "Then"
statement. Can it be done?

EX: IF Mergfield Q2 contains the word "cost" insert the following
paragraph