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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / January 2006Soft CR
Is there a switch for "soft carriage return" that can be used within a mergefield code? Help appreciated Garry Jones Sweden Depends what you mean by a "soft carriage return." What are you trying to accomplish?  SignatureSuzanne 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. > Is there a switch for "soft carriage return" that can be used within a > mergefield code? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Garry Jones > Sweden > Depends what you mean by a "soft carriage return." What are you trying to > accomplish? I have 5 values that are to be merged into word documents if they (the values) exist. There should be a "soft carriage return" between value 3 and value 4 but only if value 1 exists. Some possibilities are for instance Value 1 Value 2 Value 3 Value 4 Value 5 or Value 1 Value 2 Value 4 Value 5 or Value 1 Value 2 Value 5 or Value 2 Value 3 Value 4 Value 5 So I want to know how the code for a conditional carriage return, (the search and replace code for this ^l does not do it) Garry Jones Sweden There is no such thing as a "conditional carriage return." A "soft" line break is one where the line wraps naturally. You can also have manual line breaks (Shift+Enter) and paragraph breaks (Enter). If you want a line break after Value 3, then you can make the line break part of the TrueText (along with Value 3) in an IF field that tests for the presence of Value 1. It would be easier, however, just to let the line wrap naturally. SignatureSuzanne 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. > > Depends what you mean by a "soft carriage return." What are you trying to > > accomplish? [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Garry Jones > Sweden If you want a line break after Value 3, then you can make the line break part of the TrueText (along with Value 3) in an IF field that tests for the presence of Value 1. So far I am with you. What I don't know is the syntax for "linebreak" or "soft linebreak" in the IF statement. Garry Jones Sweden You just press Shift+Enter where you want the line break. SignatureSuzanne 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. > If you want a line break after Value 3, then you can make the line break > part of the TrueText (along with Value 3) in an IF field that tests for [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Garry Jones > Sweden > You just press Shift+Enter where you want the line break. Thanks, sometimes the easiest answers are the ones you don't think of. :) Garry It requires a certain mindset shift to realize that you can put almost anything inside a field (whole tables, graphics, etc.), not just small bits of text. SignatureSuzanne 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. > > You just press Shift+Enter where you want the line break. > > Thanks, sometimes the easiest answers are the ones you don't think of. > :) > > Garry Shift+Enter? Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Is there a switch for "soft carriage return" that can be used within a > mergefield code? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Garry Jones > Sweden |
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