DATABASE field placeholder text

[spedicini]

After I insert a database query using Insert Database in Microsoft Word, I
get this code:

{ DATABASE \d etc, etc }

Is there any way to make a inserted DATABASE merge field have some kind of
placeholder text when fields are hidden? I know you can show the entire query
using Alt-F9, but I was hoping that there was maybe some kind of parameter
that would show some text when fields were hidden, like how MERGEFIELDS are
shown with the << >> symbols.

Otherwise, if you insert a database and Fields are Hidden by default, then
it doesn't look like you have inserted anything.

Thank you for any suggestions on this problem,
Shaun

 

[Peter Jamieson]

I don't think there's any really simple way to do this - it really requires
a suitable switch, and there is none, nor is there any other simple way to
say"if fields are hidden" display this, otherwise, display that".

Peter Jamieson

 

[spedicini]

Ok,

I kind of thought so when I was looking through the switch list
for DATABASE.

Thanks for your help,
Shaun