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Default Cannot get quotation marks to appear as text in merge if field

I am tryingt to include a text string as follows as one of the results
in an if merge field in word 2003:
("acme")

I have tried placing a backslash before each quotation mark and some
other recommendations i found online and on microsoft. Hiwever the
result does not dispaly correctly with the quotation marks and
parentheses. Any help would be appreciated.
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Use { QUOTE "(\"acme\")" }

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I am tryingt to include a text string as follows as one of the results
in an if merge field in word 2003:
("acme")

I have tried placing a backslash before each quotation mark and some
other recommendations i found online and on microsoft. Hiwever the
result does not dispaly correctly with the quotation marks and
parentheses. Any help would be appreciated.



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On Nov 25, 8:07 pm, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP"
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Use { QUOTE "(\"acme\")" }

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I am tryingt to include a text string as follows as one of the results
in an if merge field in word 2003:
("acme")


I have tried placing a backslash before each quotation mark and some
other recommendations i found online and on microsoft. Hiwever the
result does not dispaly correctly with the quotation marks and
parentheses. Any help would be appreciated.- Hide quoted text -


- Show quoted text -


Thanks. Works perfectly!
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