Use the following field construction
{ IF { MERGEFIELD nick_name } "" "({ MERGEFIELD nick_name })" }
You must use Ctrl+F9 for each pair of field delimiters { } and you use
Alt+F9 to toggle off their display.
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"Anvil22" wrote in message
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I have a word document (catalogue) around one of the fields I would like
to
put a parenthesis. (nick_name). If there isnt a nick name I would like
the
space left blank without the parentheses. I have tried if then but cant
seem
to get it to work. Can anyone help?
Thanks
Dick