Can I have a mail merge rule that "contains" the word and?

Can I toggle the field codes so that instead of basic operators it does
"contains". I am trying to do if address contains and then "members" else "a
member"

Hi Jennifer

Word string testing capabilities with fields are almost non-existent. You can test whether a string starts or ends with a particular
charcter sequence - and even have a defined number of charactres before or after that sequence - but beyond that, testing anything
other than numeric data, dates & times is a lost cause. You can certainly have a conditional output for the "a member" and "members"
part:
{IF{MERGEFIELD MyField}= "MyValue" "a member" "members"}
A 'starts with' equivalent would be:
{IF{MERGEFIELD MyField}= "MyValue*" "a member" "members"}
and an 'ends with' equivalent would be:
{IF{MERGEFIELD MyField}= "*MyValue" "a member" "members"}

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"JenniferK" wrote in message ...
Can I toggle the field codes so that instead of basic operators it does
"contains". I am trying to do if address contains and then "members" else "a
member"