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Using Office 2007, the filters "Is blank" and "Is not blank" don't seem to
work properly in conjunction with other filters, e.g. if I want to filter
records as follows:
Field A = X
and Field A = Z
and Field B = 10
and Field C Is blank
the Merge malfunctions and when I return to the Filter window I find that
additional filters have been inserted.
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Hi Yorick,

Instead of the filters, you could use a SKIPIF field coded along the lines of:
{SKIPIF{={IF«Field_A»= "Y" 1 0}*{IF«Field_B»= 10 1 0}*{IF«Field_C»= "" 1 0 }= 0}}
where the record is skipped if any of the conditions is not met, or:
{SKIPIF{={IF«Field_A»= "Y" 1 0}*{IF«Field_B»= 10 1 0}*{IF«Field_C»= "" 1 0 }= 1}}
where the record is skipped if all of the conditions are met.

Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste
them from this message. Likwise, you can't type the chevrons (ie '« »') - they're part of the actual mergefields, which you can
insert from the mailmerge toolbar.

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"Yorick" wrote in message ...
Using Office 2007, the filters "Is blank" and "Is not blank" don't seem to
work properly in conjunction with other filters, e.g. if I want to filter
records as follows:
Field A = X
and Field A = Z
and Field B = 10
and Field C Is blank
the Merge malfunctions and when I return to the Filter window I find that
additional filters have been inserted.
--
Yorick


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