[alex]

Hi Using word with Excel as a datasource:
I want to say: I want to say:

If the data (date of birth) in that cell means the person is over 60yrs,
Then "we welcome volunteers that are more mature", Else "All volunteers
welcome".

{IF {MERGEFIELD DoB}= "=Today()-21900" "we welcome volunteers that are more
mature" "All volunteers welcome"}

Can someone tell me what i have done wrong please

Thanks

A

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I would suggest that you use Excel to determine the age and then use the age
mergefield in your If...then...else construction in Word

{ IF { MERGEFIELD age } 60 "We welcome volunterrs that are more mature."
"All volunteers welcome." }

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"alex" wrote in message
...
Hi Using word with Excel as a datasource:
I want to say: I want to say:

If the data (date of birth) in that cell means the person is over 60yrs,
Then "we welcome volunteers that are more mature", Else "All volunteers
welcome".

{IF {MERGEFIELD DoB}= "=Today()-21900" "we welcome volunteers that are
more mature" "All volunteers welcome"}

Can someone tell me what i have done wrong please

Thanks

A

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Alternatively, if you are hell bent on doing it in Word, to see how to do
this and just about everything else you might want to do
with dates in Word, check out fellow MVP, Macropod's Date Calc 'tutorial',
at:

http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/show...?Number=249902

or at the following page of fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website

http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm#Third_party

where he has an item titled 'Date and Time Calculations In A Mailmerge'


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"alex" wrote in message
...
Hi Using word with Excel as a datasource:
I want to say: I want to say:

If the data (date of birth) in that cell means the person is over 60yrs,
Then "we welcome volunteers that are more mature", Else "All volunteers
welcome".

{IF {MERGEFIELD DoB}= "=Today()-21900" "we welcome volunteers that are
more mature" "All volunteers welcome"}

Can someone tell me what i have done wrong please

Thanks

A

[Graham Mayor]

See also comparing dates at 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


alex wrote:
Hi Using word with Excel as a datasource:
I want to say: I want to say:

If the data (date of birth) in that cell means the person is over
60yrs, Then "we welcome volunteers that are more mature", Else "All
volunteers welcome".

{IF {MERGEFIELD DoB}= "=Today()-21900" "we welcome volunteers that
are more mature" "All volunteers welcome"}

Can someone tell me what i have done wrong please

Thanks

A