(version: Word 2003)

I hope someone can help me with this problem, it is
driving me crazy:

I have these fields in my document:
(The /* comments */ are added for clarity here.)

{ IF { MERGEFIELD "associations" } = "070"  { SET v070
true } { SET v070 false } } { NEXTIF v070 } /* as the
first record has associations=070, this results in v070
being set to true and Word going to the next data record */

v070: { v070 } /* shows v070 for debugging - true as
expected */

less: { IF { MERGEFIELD "Index_070" } < {
MERGEFIELD "Total_070" }  true false} /* this should be
true, because 1 is less than 3 */

{ SET more { = AND (v070; { IF { MERGEFIELD "Index_070" }
< { MERGEFIELD "Total_070" }  true false}) } } /* here is
the trouble */

more: { more } /* this should be 1, as true and true
results in true - but it is not working */

{ IF v070 "{ MERGEFIELD Index_070 }/{ MERGEFIELD
Total_070 }"} /* shows 1/3 as expected */

The relevant columns of the first four rows of data are:
associations;    Total_070;    Index_070;
070;    ;    ;
;    3;    1;
;    3;    2;
;    3;    3;
(I.e. for the first record associations=070 and the total
and index are empty, for the other records associations is
empty, total is always 3 and index is counted from 1 to 3.
The part I show above only uses the first two records.)

The shown result is:

v070: true
less: true
more: 0
1/3

Why is the result of the AND field 0, even though both
parts are true?! I don't get it. What is wrong? Am I using
AND incorrectly?

I have tested { = AND (true; 1) } and different
combinations of true, false, 0, and 1 in the brackets
after AND - the result was always as expected, e.g. = AND
(true; 1) yields 1.

Any ideas?

Different, not so important question: I think { = AND
(v070; { MERGEFIELD "Index_070" } < {
MERGEFIELD "Total_070" } ) } should be working, too,
instead of { = AND (v070; { IF { MERGEFIELD "Index_070" }
< { MERGEFIELD "Total_070" }  true false}) } . Any ideas
why it does not work at all? I get a "!Syntax Error, <".

I have another weird problem with the same mail merge
document:

1. When I open it and preview for the first time (with the
first data record, or actually with the first two as I use
nextif), the result is true, true, 0, 1/3 as shown above,
so as expected except for the weird 0.

2. When I highlight all and press F9, suddenly true,
false, 0, / are displayed. How is that possible?!

3. When I click to preview the next record and back to #1,
it now shows true, true, 0, 1/3 again. (At least I have
found this workaround finally, so I don't have to close
and reopen my document all the time.)

I first thought, maybe Word now (after the second step,
i.e. after pressing F9) is at the second data record and
evaluating that one - but in that case, v070 should be
false (which remains true) and the "less" statement should
still be true, as 2<3, and not without any reason become
false.

Help particularly with the first problem would be greatly
appreciated.

Regards,
Monika.