If SKIPIF works OK for you, I'd stick with it. I tend to avoid it simply
because Microsoft recommends that we use the selection criteria instead!
Peter Jamieson
"Judy Southwell" <JudySouthwell[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > Thanks for getting back to me, Peter. I meant:
> a. What should be included in the string, e.g. IF {MERGEFIELD, etc.)
> b. Basically the same as the above.
>
> I'll try what you suggested, but in the meanwhile I had success with:
> {SKIPIF {MERGEFIELD Letter_Type} <> "A"} for those records with a
> corresponding A in the Letter_Type field. Then, I changed the A to a B in
> the SKIPIF string for the 'B' letters and the same for the 'C' letters.
>
> Judy
>
>
> "Peter Jamieson" wrote:
>
>> Do you mean
>> a. "What should I store in the field?" or
>> b. "How should I set up my Mail Merge Main Document to do the merge? or
>> perhaps
>> c. both?
>>
>> If it's (a), I would put a 1 in the field if I wanted to print the letter
>> and either nothing or 0 if I didn't want to print the letter.
>>
>> If it's (b), although it's possible to do something like
>>
>> { IF "{ MERGEFIELD letter_a }" = "1" "all the text and fields you want
>> for
>> letter A"
>> }{ IF "{ MERGEFIELD letter_b }" = "1" "all the text and fields you want
>> for
>> letter B"
>> }{ IF "{ MERGEFIELD letter_c }" = "1" "all the text and fields you want
>> for
>> letter C"
>> }
>>
>> and variations on that theme, I think it's generally better to do one
>> merge
>> for each letter type and use the Mail Merge Selection options to select
>> letter_a Equals 1 for the first letter etc.
>>
>> But I would experiment anyway, particularly with the selection stuff, as
>> WOrd has become more inclined to get that wrong in recent years.
>>
>> Peter Jamieson
>>
>> "Judy Southwell" <JudySouthwell[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:863F31E7-FD9E-4F7C-B57A-4869F5738050[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >I have one Word database and one main document. I want to merge three
>> > different types of letters using the same database. The fiield names
>> > that
>> > identify the type of letter are: 'letter_a' 'letter_b' and 'letter_c'.
>> > Any
>> > suggestions on the preferred field code I should use and the
>> > information I
>> > should include for the parameters?
>> >
>> > Appreciate your help,
>> > Judy
>>
>>
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