docvariable + insert line

[Diane]

Group,
In my efforts to try and figure out how to insert a paragraph break with a
document variable, I found the following "partial" solution. The user
indicates it works perfect, but the answer is missing.....so can anyone
interpret this for me:


{IF {DOCVARIABLE OPT10a \* MERGEFORMAT}="Error! No document variable
supplied. " "" "{ ¶ <----- Press Enter here
DOCVARIABLE OPT10a \* MERGEFORMAT }" }

When I do the above, hitting the enter key I get the following problem:

it adds a paragraph between the last two }} marks and moves the last } onto
the next line. However, when I update the field it remains the same. When I
view paragraph marks the fields are shaded in grey, but the paragraph mark
remains white between the last two }} marks.

Any hint of what I'm doing wrong, would be great!!
Diane

 

[macropod]

Hi Diane,

The field coding won't work as it is, but the following should do the job:
{IF{DOCVARIABLE OPT10a}="Error!*" "" "¶{DOCVARIABLE OPT10a}"}
Simply replace the pilcrow (ie ¶) with a paragraph mark or line-feed character.

Note: This isn't vba - it's field coding. Also, the field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you
can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message.

 

[Diane]

macropod,
I have it working, I think I was doing the copy/paste instead of hitting the
enter key. This is working exactly as needed.
Thanks for the post!
Diane

Hi Diane,

The field coding won't work as it is, but the following should do the job:
{IF{DOCVARIABLE OPT10a}="Error!*" "" "¶{DOCVARIABLE OPT10a}"}
Simply replace the pilcrow (ie ¶) with a paragraph mark or line-feed character.

Note: This isn't vba - it's field coding. Also, the field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you
can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

Group,
In my efforts to try and figure out how to insert a paragraph break with a
document variable, I found the following "partial" solution. The user
indicates it works perfect, but the answer is missing.....so can anyone
interpret this for me:


{IF {DOCVARIABLE OPT10a \* MERGEFORMAT}="Error! No document variable
supplied. " "" "{ ¶ <----- Press Enter here
DOCVARIABLE OPT10a \* MERGEFORMAT }" }

When I do the above, hitting the enter key I get the following problem:

it adds a paragraph between the last two }} marks and moves the last } onto
the next line. However, when I update the field it remains the same. When I
view paragraph marks the fields are shaded in grey, but the paragraph mark
remains white between the last two }} marks.

Any hint of what I'm doing wrong, would be great!!
Diane