Word mail merge should suppress blanks left by blank fields.

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k2swan - 18 Nov 2005 20:47 GMT

Word 2003 mail merge leaves a blank if an instance for a field does not
contain a value. this leaves awkward blank spaces in the merged documents
that appear to be typos. word should suppress these blanks. i know
wordperfect did so automatically (back when i was a wordperfect user).

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 18 Nov 2005 21:41 GMT

Insert and If...then...Else field

{ IF { MERGEFIELD afieldthatmaybeblank } = "" "{ MERGEFIELD nextmergefield"}
"{ MERGEFIELD afieldthatmaybeblank } { MERGEFIELD nextmergefield }" }

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

> Word 2003 mail merge leaves a blank if an instance for a field does not
> contain a value. this leaves awkward blank spaces in the merged documents
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> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=3e6713ee-d710-4
89a-98ea-1f5dc35644b5&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields

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