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Re: Word for Windows merging blank lines

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From: R. Andrew Webb
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 1990 23:23
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I use a combination of an if field with the reference field as follows:

{Address1}
{if Address2 = ?* "Address2
"}{City} {State} {Zip}

By putting the paragraph mark inside the quotes, it won't show up if
the Address2 field is blank.  The if ... = ?* tests Address2 for any
text.  Note that if ... = * will be true for blank fields, but ? must
be an alphabetic or numeric - so ?* tests for anything that begins with
an alphabetic or numeric.

Hope this helps.

Andy Webb - somewhere...somehow...something
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From: webb@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (R. Andrew Webb)
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Subject: Re: Word for Windows merging blank lines
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Date: 13 Dec 90 23:23:54 GMT
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