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Old November 18th, 2005, 08:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
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does anyone know how to suppress the blank space that is left in a mail merge
doc if the field is blank?
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Old November 18th, 2005, 09:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
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Default suppress spaces left by blank mail merge fields

Insert and If...then...Else field

{ IF { MERGEFIELD afieldthatmaybeblank } = "" "{ MERGEFIELD nextmergefield"}
"{ MERGEFIELD afieldthatmaybeblank } { MERGEFIELD nextmergefield }" }



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does anyone know how to suppress the blank space that is left in a mail
merge
doc if the field is blank?



 




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