Truncate data in mergefield

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Paula Jern

Is there a way to truncate data in a mergefield so that it only returns a
specified number of characters?
Thanks,
Paula
 
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Cindy M -WordMVP-

Hi =?Utf-8?B?UGF1bGEgSmVybg==?=,
Is there a way to truncate data in a mergefield so that it only returns a
specified number of characters?
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No, there is not. You need to do this in the data source.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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