eliminate trailing spaces in a mail merge field DaveS 6/5/2007 8:56:01 PM How can I eliminate trailing spaces on an individual merge field? The mail merge data source is directly from a mainframe-generated header-ed semi-colon delimited .txt file (Excel/Access not an option) where the fields are all a fixed-length, but the values are not always the maximum field length. (text qualifiers such as " are not used). I want to eliminate these spaces in the letter text. Ex. CALL TIME field on the data source has a physical length of 20 positions, but may have the values DURING THE DAY or AT NIGHT

Re: eliminate trailing spaces in a mail merge field "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 6/6/2007 5:56:09 AM Answered in your later thread - please be patient, some of us have to sleep sometimes! -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> DaveS wrote: [Quoted Text] > How can I eliminate trailing spaces on an individual merge field? > The mail merge data source is directly from a mainframe-generated > header-ed semi-colon delimited .txt file (Excel/Access not an option) > where the fields are all a fixed-length, but the values are not > always the maximum field length. > (text qualifiers such as " are not used). I want to eliminate these > spaces in the letter text. > Ex. CALL TIME field on the data source has a physical length of 20 > positions, but may have the values DURING THE DAY or AT NIGHT