How do I insert a comma only before a merge field that is populated? In
other words, no comma if the merge field following the comma is blank.

You could use

{ IF "{ MERGEFIELD myfield }" = "" "" ",{ MERGEFIELD myfield }" }

or in Word 2003 and probably 2002 just

{ MERGEFIELD myfield \b , }

should be enough.

You can do the latter by selecting the field and right-clicking, then Edit
Field and fill in the relevant option.

otherwise, use Alt-F9 to view the full field codes, ctrl-F9 to insert each
pair of the special field braces {}, and type the remaining text.

Peter Jamieson
"chartley" wrote in message
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How do I insert a comma only before a merge field that is populated? In
other words, no comma if the merge field following the comma is blank.

Thank you!

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

You could use

{ IF "{ MERGEFIELD myfield }" = "" "" ",{ MERGEFIELD myfield }" }

or in Word 2003 and probably 2002 just

{ MERGEFIELD myfield \b , }

should be enough.

You can do the latter by selecting the field and right-clicking, then Edit
Field and fill in the relevant option.

otherwise, use Alt-F9 to view the full field codes, ctrl-F9 to insert each
pair of the special field braces {}, and type the remaining text.

Peter Jamieson
"chartley" wrote in message
...
How do I insert a comma only before a merge field that is populated? In
other words, no comma if the merge field following the comma is blank.