suppress spaces left by blank mail merge fields

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k2swan - 18 Nov 2005 20:52 GMT

does anyone know how to suppress the blank space that is left in a mail merge
doc if the field is blank?

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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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> does anyone know how to suppress the blank space that is left in a mail
> merge
> doc if the field is blank?

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