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In article (Dans l'article) <95122019494600018@cam.ac.uk>,
ns10005@cam.ac.uk wrote (�crivait)�:
> In article <pecheur-1512951839350001@ssamac15.montefiore.ulg.ac.be>, 
> Charles Pecheur writes:
> 
> > QUESTION:
> > 
> > When doing a mail merge in Word 5.0 (Macintosh version), how can 
> one
> > prevent some "<<" and ">>" characters from being interpreted as 
> >merge markers ?
> 
> <snip>
> 
> How about using nonsense characters such as %%%%% and &&&&& when 
> writing << and >>, but using << and >> for your word rap. Then do the 
> mail merge, followed by a search and replace on the nonsense 
> characters.

I have received a few other replies suggesting essentially the same idea.
It seems there is no nicer way to do this in Word 5.x. 

> It's a start, 'though someone will probably suggest something more 
> elegant...

Unfortunately no one did.

It is also possible to change the characters that Word uses as delimiters
via ResEdit: they are stored in STR resource 130. You can change them to
otherwise unused characters (I'd use curly quotes) and then use "<<" and
">>" normally. This is an ugly hack, but it works.

Thanks to all those who replied and Happy New Year to everyone,

        Charles