Word 2007 Mail Merge

[Lora P]

I have 7 different conditional texts for 1 word document. I can only see 1
If then else statement. How do I do multiple if then else's for the same
field to have different text based on a merged field. I can only do the test
one time if this then 'x' else 'p'

Any help at all would be appreciated.

 

[Peter Jamieson]

1. You can use a nested IF, e.g.

{ IF "{ MERGEFIELD a }" = "a"
"insert thing a"
"{ IF "{ MERGEFIELD a }" = "b"
"insert thing b"
"{ IF "{ MERGEFIELD a }" = "c"
"insert thing c"
"otherwise insert thing d" }" }" }

2. You may obviously need something rather different depending on
exactly what conditions you need.

3. When inserting nested fields, it's generally easier to do it directly
in the document (not using any of the field insertion facilities in
Word's ribbon), using
ctrl-F9 to insert each pair of the special field code braces {}
alt-F9 to toggle between field code view and field results view
F9 to re-evaluate the selected fields

Peter Jamieson

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk