Article: Q197757
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): 97
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbfield kbmerge
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
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SYMPTOMS
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When you save a mail merge main document containing conditional MERGEFIELD
statements as a Word for the Macintosh 4.0 or 5.x document, the information in
the conditional MERGEFIELD statement is lost.
WORKAROUND
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Re-create the conditional MERGEFIELD statement after you open the mail merge
main document in Word.
NOTE: You may need to reattach the data document when you open the mail merge
main document.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
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The conversion process does not correctly handle the conditional MERGEFIELD
statement. For example, if the statement in Word 97 is
{IF {MERGEFIELD LastName}="Jones" "yes" "no"}
the same statement after opening the converted document in Word for the Macintosh
5.1 appears as:
<<IF=>><<ENDIF>>
When you reopen the converted document back into Word, the conditional MERGEFIELD
statement shows as:
{IF= "" ""}
Additional query words: conditional print constructs field 8.0 8.00
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Keywords : kbfield kbmerge
Technology : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version : :97
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbpending
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