[Sue F]

Hi
I am doing a merge in Word 2007 on PC.
I want it to ignore a field if blank, however it will only let me replace it with text

Any suggestions?

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[Graham Mayor]

I don't know what (if any) additional merge tools 2007 provides, but you can
conditionally merge a field

{IF {Mergefield Fieldname} "" "{Mergefield Fieldname}"}

or with numeric field you can use a switch to determine what happens -
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Sue F wrote:
Hi
I am doing a merge in Word 2007 on PC.
I want it to ignore a field if blank, however it will only let me
replace it with text

Any suggestions?

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[Linda H]

Where is this IF statement in Word 2007?
Linda

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I don't know what (if any) additional merge tools 2007 provides, but you can
conditionally merge a field

{IF {Mergefield Fieldname} "" "{Mergefield Fieldname}"}

or with numeric field you can use a switch to determine what happens -
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Sue F wrote:
Hi
I am doing a merge in Word 2007 on PC.
I want it to ignore a field if blank, however it will only let me
replace it with text

Any suggestions?

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

On the Insert tab, select the Quick Parts pulldown in the Text chunk and
then select Fields.

Alternatively, use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters { } and
enter the necessary text inside them. Use Alt+F9 to toggle off the display
of the field codes.

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Hope this helps.

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"Linda H" wrote in message
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Where is this IF statement in Word 2007?
Linda

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I don't know what (if any) additional merge tools 2007 provides, but you
can
conditionally merge a field

{IF {Mergefield Fieldname} "" "{Mergefield Fieldname}"}

or with numeric field you can use a switch to determine what happens -
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Sue F wrote:
Hi
I am doing a merge in Word 2007 on PC.
I want it to ignore a field if blank, however it will only let me
replace it with text

Any suggestions?

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http://www.eggheadcafe.com

[Graham Mayor]

No idea, but you can type it from the keyboard using CTRL+F9 for each pair
of field boundaries {} Put the name of your field in place of Fieldname.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Linda H wrote:
Where is this IF statement in Word 2007?
Linda

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I don't know what (if any) additional merge tools 2007 provides, but
you can conditionally merge a field

{IF {Mergefield Fieldname} "" "{Mergefield Fieldname}"}

or with numeric field you can use a switch to determine what happens
- http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Sue F wrote:
Hi
I am doing a merge in Word 2007 on PC.
I want it to ignore a field if blank, however it will only let me
replace it with text

Any suggestions?

EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
http://www.eggheadcafe.com