Inserting conditional text

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MJP

Is there a way in which I can insert text (say a paragraph or two) if a condition is met in a previous field?
For example, I have a document which acts as a quote form, if I insert the brand name "DAIKIN" in the brand field, I want a paragraph of text to appear further down which extols the virtues of the DAIKIN brand. If I insert "CONAIC" instead, the text extolling CONAIC virtues will be quite different.

I anticipate I will need at least 5 alternative descriptions to match the variety of brands. Is there a way to achieve this without having multiple documents or typing it all in longhand.........
 
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Greg Maxey

MJP,

You could do this with nested IF fields.

Bookmark the Brand Name field. In the decriptive field use a nested IF
field. Here is a short example:

{ IF BrandName = "Daikin" "Daiken is a generic ......." "{ IF BrandName =
"CONAIC" "Concia is a relatively new brand ...t" "{ IF BrandName = "Advil"
"Take two and call me in the moring" "Not a valid brand name" }" } }


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