IF MERGEFIELD is not working...

[Bart Paden]

I am trying to use an if statement to put "and" between two fields as long
as the 2nd field is NOT BLANK. The first field is called firstname and the
second field is called secondname. Word recommends I use the following
code:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD secondname } <> "" "and" "" }

After manipulating it about 100 different ways and having it still not work
I'm completely frustrated. If there is anyone out there that has an idea of
what I am doing wrong I would really appreciate the assistance.

Thanks
B

 

[Graham Mayor]

Field boundaries {} are inserted with CTRL+F9. The construction you want is

{Mergefield firstname} {IF {Mergefield Secondname} <> "" "and {Mergefield
Secondname}"}

What you posted should also have worked if you inserted the fields
correctly.

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[Bart Paden]

Graham

Thanks for the help. With a couple tweaks your suggestion worked
brilliantly!

Bart