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add an "&" if I have two names in mail merge

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Tami P. - 20 Apr 2007 23:16 GMT
I want a merge to add an "&" if I have two names and/or not leave a blank
field if there aren't two names.
macropod - 21 Apr 2007 06:49 GMT
Hi Tami,

Try coding your fields as:
{IF{MERGEFIELD SecondName}= "" "{MERGEFIELD FirstName}" "{MERGEFIELD FirstName} & {MERGEFIELD SecondName}"}

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>I want a merge to add an "&" if I have two names and/or not leave a blank
> field if there aren't two names.
 
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