Doug this works great. However is the a way to close the blank line if no
nick name is used.
I'm not sure I'm explaining it correctly. Let the try with an example
Thomas
(tom)
Mary - Wife
Thomas
blank line - no nick name
mary
Could it read
Thomas
mary
Thank you
Dick
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
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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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"Anvil22" wrote in message
news
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