Mail merge in Word 2002 problem

[Guest]

How do I get rid of the "0" in a merged doc with a blank field? When I merge
my date into my letter, there is a 0 popping up where there should be a blank
space. Not all of my letters do this, just some. I have recreated the
letters in 2002 as they had been from previous versions, but it still
happens. I then have to individually edit them to remove that 0. I was told
at one point that it was an update that needed to be done, but that didn't
help. Any ideas?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You can either use an If...then...Else field that inserts "" if the field is
blank and inserts the field if it is not blank

{ IF { MERGEFIELD ProblemField } = "" "" { MERGEFIELD ProblemField } }

(You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters { } and Alt+F9
to toggle of the display of field codes.)

or, see the "Suppress field display for numbers <=0" section of the article
"Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website
at:

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Graham Mayor]

If the problem field produces 0 when empty then

{ IF { MERGEFIELD ProblemField } <> "0" "{ MERGEFIELD ProblemField }" }

may be required instead.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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