[Graham Mayor]

The mailmerge helper incidentally is still available - even as far as Word
2007. http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm or
http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Peter Jamieson wrote:
There has never been a contains/does not contain /in the IF merge
field/ Those choices are for filtering the records and are in the
"Query options" dialog box, which used to be available through the
Mail Merge Helper in Word 97/2000. In Word 2003, you have to go into
the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box (if necessary enable the
MailMerge toolbar using e.g. View|Toolbars), then select the small
down arrow at the top of one of the data columns and select the
Advanced option.

"davcmo" wrote in message
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Graham, thanks for responding so quickly. Here's the scoop:

merge step 2 - select recipients/use existing list, select an Excel
file (I'm sure that any file would work (Access, etc.)
Insert Word Field
If...Then...Else
Comparison - Here's where the Contains and Does not contain no longer
exists

I am looking at a copy of page 579 from a manual of some sort (?!?)
that talks about comparison operators in Word and lists these two
items and their
explanations. They are last in the list, following Is not blank.

Could it be that the last office update got rid of these as they
could be a
wildcard/security risk? I checked Word 2007 and it doesn't have it
either...


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Often uses them? I don't recall that it was ever possible to
resolve part of
a field in Word, though to a limited extent you can use wildcards.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


davcmo wrote:
Hello. One of my co-workers performs mailmerges in Word 2003 using
excel files. She often uses the Contains and Does not contain
operators. She can no longer see them. I tried a merge on my
computer and cannot see these options either. They used to appear
at the bottom of the list of operator choices. Any idea where they
went/how I can get them back? Did an update lay them to watse?