Require an If Mergefield Statement to import text into word2007 fi

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Briza - 08 Nov 2007 06:03 GMT

Trying to write an if statement in word2007 for a mergefield whereby if
mergefield = "good" then insert the text (which is about 500 characters) from
a word document located at c:\good.docx and if mergefield = "bad" then insert
the text (which is also about 500 characters) from a word document located at
c:\bad.docx

Can someone please write the if statement to do this?

Alternatively, could i use a notepad document instead of a word document to
import text from (eg good.txt and bad.txt).
Thanks in advance

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 08 Nov 2007 06:19 GMT

{ IF { MERGEFIELD "fieldname" } = "good" { INCLUDETEXT "c:\\good.docx" } {
INCLUDETEXT "c:\\bad.docx" } }

You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters { }

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> Trying to write an if statement in word2007 for a mergefield whereby if
> mergefield = "good" then insert the text (which is about 500 characters)
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> import text from (eg good.txt and bad.txt).
> Thanks in advance

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Briza - 08 Nov 2007 23:12 GMT

Thank you for the reply however it is not working.
Is it supposed to have 2 \\ for the location becuase I thought it would just
be c:\good.docx

Also can I use a notepad document instead (ie. .txt file)?
Thanks again.

> { IF { MERGEFIELD "fieldname" } = "good" { INCLUDETEXT "c:\\good.docx" } {
> INCLUDETEXT "c:\\bad.docx" } }
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> > import text from (eg good.txt and bad.txt).
> > Thanks in advance

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 09 Nov 2007 02:30 GMT

You need either two \\ or one /

You should also be able to use a notepad (.txt) file.

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> Thank you for the reply however it is not working.
> Is it supposed to have 2 \\ for the location becuase I thought it would
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>> > import text from (eg good.txt and bad.txt).
>> > Thanks in advance

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