It's because Word 2000 and Word 2003 use different connection methods (by
default) to get data from Access, and the two methods return "Yes/No" values
in different ways.
In Word 2003, try
{ IF { MERGEFIELD Checkbox1 } = "True" "marked box" "unmarked box" }
Peter Jamieson
"Janne" <janne.tyko[ at ]telia.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] >I have problem when I want to update a db from Access 2000 to
> 2003. I use Mailmerge to print out records in Word. Everything
> is ok except the Checkboxes. I use 'if then else' in
> Insert/Field command and get this command {If {mergefield
> CheckBox1}= "-1" "marked box" "unmarked box"}. In Access/Word
> 2000 I get the result I want but in Access/Word 2003 I get no
> marked boxes, why ? What to do ?
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