String comparison in Word field IF statement

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Tom Toews - 01 Apr 2004 15:59 GMT

Is it possible to do a string comparison in the IF field. I need to check if
"and" is in the field. The only options I see are mathematical comparisons.

{ IF (InStr({ MERGEFIELD "AuthorName"}, "and") <> 0) "stories" "a story" }

Tom

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 01 Apr 2004 23:34 GMT

That is not possible with Word fields. You can however use the Instr()
function in an Access query and the use the query as the datasource.

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> Is it possible to do a string comparison in the IF field. I need to check
> if
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Tom Toews - 01 Apr 2004 23:49 GMT

Thanks Doug.

> That is not possible with Word fields. You can however use the Instr()
> function in an Access query and the use the query as the datasource.
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