Doing a mail merge, I am trying to use the IF-THEN function to conditionally
add or remove a picture field.

Nevertheless it seems that the IF-THEN function only works to add plain text.

Is there another way to do this (VBA??)?

And:
The condition field contains a value, but is in text format (contains a
period sign). In my IF-sentence, I want to check whether the value in this
field is greater than a certain limit. Is there any way to convert the field
from text to number?

This may help:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...861641033.aspx
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"jco" wrote in message
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Doing a mail merge, I am trying to use the IF-THEN function to
conditionally
add or remove a picture field.

Nevertheless it seems that the IF-THEN function only works to add plain
text.

Is there another way to do this (VBA??)?

And:
The condition field contains a value, but is in text format (contains a
period sign). In my IF-sentence, I want to check whether the value in this
field is greater than a certain limit. Is there any way to convert the
field
from text to number?

You have to enter it manually

{IF {Mergefield fieldname} = "condition" "{Includepicture
"c:\\path\\picturename.jpg"}"}

Use CTRL+F9 for the field boundaries and change the fiueldnames etc to suit
your requirements.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


jco wrote:
Doing a mail merge, I am trying to use the IF-THEN function to
conditionally add or remove a picture field.

Nevertheless it seems that the IF-THEN function only works to add
plain text.

Is there another way to do this (VBA??)?

And:
The condition field contains a value, but is in text format (contains
a period sign). In my IF-sentence, I want to check whether the value
in this field is greater than a certain limit. Is there any way to
convert the field from text to number?