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You don't *need* the quotes around fields, but it certainly makes the
construction easier to follow if you use them as a matter of course. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The quotes are needed when the TrueText or FalseText is text but not if it is a field. It doesn't hurt to have the quotes around a field, and of course you need them if you combine text and a field. "Robert M. Franz" wrote in message ... Robert M. Franz wrote: [..] Check the syntax of the IF field in your help, this should point you in the right direction. Something that I should have done: Word 2003 doesn't talk about the """ anymore, and possibly they were never needed at all. Sorry for the wrong lead -- see Suzanne's answer! .bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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I agree, but the first time I posted an IF field with quotes around a field
used as TrueText, someone chided me for including unnecessary characters. g -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You don't *need* the quotes around fields, but it certainly makes the construction easier to follow if you use them as a matter of course. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: The quotes are needed when the TrueText or FalseText is text but not if it is a field. It doesn't hurt to have the quotes around a field, and of course you need them if you combine text and a field. "Robert M. Franz" wrote in message ... Robert M. Franz wrote: [..] Check the syntax of the IF field in your help, this should point you in the right direction. Something that I should have done: Word 2003 doesn't talk about the """ anymore, and possibly they were never needed at all. Sorry for the wrong lead -- see Suzanne's answer! .bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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