Actually, I don't thing Greg *did* answer it completely. I think Glenda said she already knows how to trim it...what she is trying to do is now get this trimmed letter to appear as a field in her mail merge. Which I don't think is possible, is it Greg? Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dian Chapman Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 8:48 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: DIAN...is there a "trim" function in Word field codes?... (was Office 97 Word Merge) >>Ya got me, Glenda....if anyone would know, it would be Dian....so I added her name to the subject Sorry...I was busy and am just seeing this now...although I see Greg answered it...who is definitely someone who knows. Dian Chapman ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************