[mso] Re: Word field codes
- From: Glenda Wells <gwells@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:24:38 -0500
this worked. it's exactly what I needed. I was having a problem wrapping my
thinking around the IsNull thing that doesn't exist in Word. thanks. /g
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Chapman [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 5:13 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Word field codes
I'm not sure that can work with MergField codes in general. The help file in
XP has some pretty decent information and an example very similar to what
you're attempting. Amongst the things added in XP is a MergField switch that
specifies to insert the specified chracters between the field and the next
one only of the field result is not empty. That switch is \f. Previous
versions inserted a double space in place of the empty field. Is that the
problem you're trying to avoid?
If that's the case then you might want to do the evaluation differently as
an empty field isn't likely to return a Null. Instead, try this:
{IF {MERGEFIELD State} = "" {MERGEFIELD ID}, {MERGEFIELD SSN}}
Greg Chapman
http://www.mousetrax.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenda Wells
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 3:28 PM
> To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [mso] Word field codes
>
>
> I want to write a formula for merges in Word 2000 that does
> something like this (which I can do in Excel and Access)
>
> If SSN is null, use ID otherwise, SSN
>
> The problem I'm having is with the Is Null part and Word Help
> has been no help at all!
>
> {IF {MERGEFIELD SSN} IS NULL {MERGEFIELD ID}, {MERGEFIELD SSN}"}
>
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