[Peter Jamieson]

Same in Word 2002 (and earlier).

How are you trying to display the hidden text post-merge?

Peter Jamieson

"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
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Thanks.

At the moment I am at a loss (in fact I'm at the point where I'm wondering
if I've understood what you're saying :-) ) because when I try to
replicate the problem, the field results are there, but hidden, as you
might hope. Click the show/hide formatting button on the Standard Toolbar
and the results appear/disappear as I expect. I'll see if I can have a
look at Word 2002 and earlier.

Peter Jamieson


"Cindy B" wrote in message
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Ok, let me aswer all your questions.
It is not merging any of the hidden text. I am running a letter merge to
new document and using Word 2003.

"Cindy B" wrote:


"Cindy B" wrote:

Ok, let me aswer all your questions.
It is not merging any of the hidden text. I am running a letter merge
to
new document and using Word 2003.

"Cindy B" wrote:

No, the text is not merged at all.

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

However, once I merge, the hidden text is completely
ignored.

Can we assume that you mean that the hidden attribute is ignored and
so the
text is visible? Please spell it out if that's not right.

It seems OK here, but
a. which version of Word (I'm using 2003)?
b. how are you hiding the MERGEFIELD fields (and are you hiding
other types
of field) ?
c. presumably you are outputting to a new document, but what type
of merge
are you performing (Letters, Directory,...) ?

Peter Jamieson
"Cindy B" wrote in message
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I have several merge fields set as hidden text because I need to be
able to
see them on the screen but not print once I've completed my
merge - seems
reasonable right? However, once I merge, the hidden text is
completely
ignored. Has anyone encountered this and more importantly found a
resolution?