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Default deleting spaces on labels when nothing is in a field

I am just beginning to use Microsoft 2007 and I can't fain the option that
allows me to delete a space when a field is blank. can anyone help?

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Default deleting spaces on labels when nothing is in a field

The 'safest' option is to conditionally insert the field and the space when
the field has content, and this applies to all Word versions e.g.

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

See http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm and
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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I am just beginning to use Microsoft 2007 and I can't fain the option
that allows me to delete a space when a field is blank. can anyone
help?



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