MergeField Fixed Length - Is it possible?

[Tom Culp]

I need to figure out how do fix the length of a text mergefield so things align correctly on my labels. The results of the field in question are text of varying number of characters. As the result length varies, the label arrangement moves around. I have the mergefield whose length varies on the same line with a number field (which is fixed length) and separated by spaces. I have tried to left-align the text field and right-align the number field but the alignment keeps applying to the entire line

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

Left align the paragraph and insert a Right aligned tab stop at the position
where you want the number to be located and separate the mergefields with a
tab.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Tom Culp]

Cool! Thanks Doug!

Other than the newsgroup, is there anywhere that all this stuff is located? Sure would save a lot of questions eh?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT]

Posts to these newsgroups are archive on Google. So, if you use the right
search criteria at

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Microsoft.public.word&btnG=Google+Search

you have a pretty good chance of finding an answer.
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Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP