No, it doesn't have to if you set up a nested If...then...Else field
construction with carriage return/new line characters in the appropriate
position in the true/false results of the fields.

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Doug Robbins wrote:
You should be using an If...then...Else field that checks if each field
is blank and inserts whatever you mean by "a literal" if that field is
not blank.


Would doing this leave a blank line there if there was nothing to put in
the field?

Currently, it bumps the filled in fields one under the other, without a
blank line for an unused field.

BC