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Truncate data in mergefield

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Paula Jern - 17 Dec 2004 15:37 GMT
Is there a way to truncate data in a mergefield so that it only returns a
specified number of characters?
Thanks,
Paula
Cindy M  -WordMVP- - 18 Dec 2004 16:47 GMT
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> Is there a way to truncate data in a mergefield so that it only returns a
> specified number of characters?

No, there is not. You need to do this in the data source.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Paula Jern - 21 Dec 2004 18:31 GMT
Thank you Cindy!

> Is there a way to truncate data in a mergefield so that it only returns a
> specified number of characters?
> Thanks,
> Paula
 
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