IF command to insert a comma if the Title field is not blank

[K Hyzer]

I am merging a mailing list to a Word letter. I will be printing the person's
name followed by their title. How do I set up the IF command to insert a
comma after the person's name if the Title field is not blank? I am using
Word 2003.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Insert and If...then...Else... field from the Word Fields toolbar, or using
Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters, create the following in the document

{ IF { MERGEFIELD Title } <> "" ", { MERGEFIELD Title }" }

Use Alt+F9 to toggle off the display of field codes.

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[K Hyzer]

This helped - I'm almost there. This does insert the title field, but not a
comma. This is what I put in the document:
{ IF {MERGEFIELD Title } <>"" ", {MERGEFIELD Title }" }

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Kim

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You probably did not use Ctrl+F9 for each pair of field delimiters. You
cannot insert the { } by using Shift plus the number 9 and 0 number keys (US
Keyboard layout)

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Hope this helps.

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[Peter Jamieson]

or in Word 2003, try

{ MERGEFIELD Title \b ", " }

Peter Jamieson