Changing merge fields to upper case

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Geoff Budd - 25 Aug 2006 13:23 GMT

Is there a way that I can get a data source field (that is in lower case) to
be inserted in UPPER CASE in the main Word merged document? I know you might
say "why not just make the data source field upper case in the first place",
but I use the same data to merge to other documents where I want them to be
in lower case, so would like to have control over how they appear in the main
document after merging.

Many thanks.

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Graham Mayor - 25 Aug 2006 14:35 GMT

Use an \*upper switch - http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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> Is there a way that I can get a data source field (that is in lower
> case) to be inserted in UPPER CASE in the main Word merged document?
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> Many thanks.

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Geoff Budd - 25 Aug 2006 14:55 GMT

Thanks Graham - that works fine.

Geoff

> Use an \*upper switch - http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
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Cindy M. - 25 Aug 2006 14:43 GMT

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> Is there a way that I can get a data source field (that is in lower case) to
> be inserted in UPPER CASE in the main Word merged document?

Yes. You can add a formatting switch to the mergefield code. Alt+F9 toggles the
field results / field coddes.

{ Mergefield LastName \* UPPER }

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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