how do i format conditional text in a word mail merge

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surreyjed - 27 Jan 2006 23:37 GMT

In a mail merge, I need to insert a paragraph which contains formatted text
(some words are in bold), dependant on the value of a field in the data
(excel) file. I have used the "insert word field" button -"if...then..else"
option, which works OK except the text box appears to only except one foramt
for all characters.

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Graham Mayor - 28 Jan 2006 12:56 GMT

Save the formatted text as an autotext entry and insert an autotext field eg

{IF{Mergefield fieldname} = "condition" "{Autotext "autotextname"}"}

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> In a mail merge, I need to insert a paragraph which contains
> formatted text (some words are in bold), dependant on the value of a
> field in the data (excel) file. I have used the "insert word field"
> button -"if...then..else" option, which works OK except the text box
> appears to only except one foramt for all characters.

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