Hi,

I have a letter template (in Word 2000) that can optionally be used to
create a merge master letter (simply by inserting AutoText containing merge
fields).  The mail merge operation is being handled entrirely by VBA by the
way.

This works fine, except I would now like to have the same template to have
the capability of handling two data sources (both CSV files).  Many of the
fields will be the same, but one CSV file will have more fields than the
other.

Is there any way that I can use truely optional merge fields, as conditional
merge fields can only function if the merge fields are actually there.  I
want to avoid (if at all possible) any messages about "this merge field
doesn't exist".

Thanks,