Karen:
Use the IF statement from the INSERT WORD FIELD menu after your MAIDEN
field:
{IF {MERGEFIELD Maiden} "" " " ""}
translates: If maiden is not blank, put a space here. Otherwise, put no
space.
Karen Hart

"S Cocke" S wrote in message
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I'm trying to merge a doc that has names, some with maiden names and some
without. I want the merge to go first(space)maiden(space)last UNLESS
there
is no maiden name, in which case I only need ONE space.

Any ideas?