Mail Merge From MS Access

[Dunner]

Hi,

I am trying to create a mail merge from an MS Access
database with the address details and some additional
fields. These additional fields are Yes/No input fields
that indicate if something is outstanding or not.

What I would like to do is create a mail merge field that
checks this yes/no value and if it is yes places the name
of the item in the field and if it is no leaves it blank.

Is this even possible or would I be better off trying to
create the letter as a form/report in the database?

Thanks for your help

Dunner

 

[Doug Robbins]

It is possible using and If...then...Else field in the mailmerge main
document, but in my view, databases are better at data manipulation so you
might be better off creating a query in Access in which you use the IIF()
function and then use that query as the datasource.

Depending upon what you are doing, it might also be better to do the whole
thing in Access with a Report.
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