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Old October 3rd, 2009, 02:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
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Is it possible to define a merge field as fix lenght?
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Old October 3rd, 2009, 02:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
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Hi pinheim,

No. However, if you put the mergefield intoa table cell with fixed dimensions, you can limit the amount of text displayed to what
will fit in that space.

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Is it possible to define a merge field as fix lenght?


 




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