If you add a \* CHARFORMAT switch to the formfield and apply the desired
formatting to the M of Mergefield, then it will be applied to the whole of
the field.

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> When i mail merge a document only the first word in a
> field preserves the style formatting. All other words get
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> Is there a workaround this problem?