Re: summary about conditional text in Word

[dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com]

Chuck Martin wrote:
> 
> ...how to do conditional text in Word, where sections of text would have to
> have multiple conditions.
> 
> The simple answer: it can't be done.


I believe that's incorrect.  You *can* use multiple conditions to control the 
presence or absence of text by "nesting" IF fields:

{ IF bookmarkA = valueX "{ IF bookmarkB = valueY "both-A-and-B" "A-but-not-B" }" 
{ IF bookmarkB = valueY "not-A-but-B" "neither-A-nor-B" }


If your conditional text needs to include paragraph marks and section marks, 
put it in separate files:

{ IF bookmark = value "{ INCLUDETEXT value.doc }" "{ INCLUDETEXT not-value.doc }" }


I've used this technique in several versions of Word.  I just verified the syntax 
in Word 97.

--David

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