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Subject:Re: conditional text in Word From:"David M. Brown" <dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com> To:Techwr-L post <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Dec 1999 09:55:26 -0800
Benzi Schreiber wrote:
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> Is there some way to use conditional text in Word documents (like there is
> in Frame)? (Why do I have this sinking feeling that the answer's "no"?)
Actually, the answer is "yeah, sorta."
Read up on the SET and IF fields, and scrounge through the help for "mail merge," which is where Microsoft hides the information about conditional text.
--David
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David M. Brown - Brown Inc.
dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com
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