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aniya_powell - 13 Nov 2007 18:55 GMT

I have completed a merge, but upon viewing the results, have empty spaces
where I had inserted fields.

All fields do not apply to all people receiving the letter. Example; one
client has one spouse and three kids (Dear Maggie, Michael, Jorge and John:)
but another has no spouse, one kid Dear John :). How can I get these
extra spaces to not appear where the spouses or kids names would have been
for the other client?

I thought I knew how to use merge, but I am SO confused....

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 13 Nov 2007 19:34 GMT

You need to use an If...then...Else field construction.

If you look through the responses to some of the previous posts in this
newsgroup, you will find many examples.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

>I have completed a merge, but upon viewing the results, have empty spaces
> where I had inserted fields.
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> I thought I knew how to use merge, but I am SO confused....

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