You probably need to do this in the data source

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"kreaglewvwa" wrote in message
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How do I suppress leading and trailing blanks in the mailmerge fields?? I
have date month names that fluxuate in size and are showing leading spaces
before they are printed in my mail merge letter.

Thanks!