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smchugh - 08 Nov 2005 14:06 GMT

I have one paragraph that needs to be printed if 2 conditions are met.

If spring and program_code then paragraph. I have 20 program codes. I
can't find an easy way to do this.

Do I have to have the paragraph entered in 20 times? I do not want to use
the includetext field.

Thanks.

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Graham Mayor - 08 Nov 2005 15:06 GMT

What type of merge document is this?

If Includetext for some reason is unacceptable then how about an autotext
field?

Assuming your fieldnames are spring and program_code and you need a true
result then something like
{IF {Mergefield Spring} = "true" "{IF {Mergefield field_code} = "true" "Put
your paragraph, includetext field or autotext field here"}"}

If you are producing a list, set the document type to directory/catalog. and
enter the information just once.

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smchugh - 08 Nov 2005 16:48 GMT

This is just a letter document.
Okay, your suggestion worked, but that leaves me with this issue...

I will have to do that statement approx 15 more times

{IF {Mergefield Term} = "Spring" "{IF {Mergefield program} = "xx" "Put
your paragraph"}"}
{IF {Mergefield Term} = "Spring" "{IF {Mergefield program} = "xy" "Put
your paragraph"}"}

How do I put them all together to make sure I do not have spacing issues.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 08 Nov 2005 19:49 GMT

{ IF { Mergefield Term } = "Spring" "{ IF {Mergefield program } = "xx" "Put
your paragraph for Program xx" { IF { Mergefield program } = "xy" "Put
your paragraph for Program xy" { IF { Mergefield program } = "xz" "Put
your paragraph for Program xz" [etc] } } }"" }

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