Thread: [Solved] How to suppress double ".." at the end of a sentence when a name ends "Inc."
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Old 04-03-2022, 07:27 PM
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You would have to replace the period at the end of the sentence with an IF field that tests for the presence of one at the end of the 'Owner' field, thus:
{IF{MERGEFIELD Owner}<> "*." "."}
or:
{IF«Owner»<> "*." "."}

Note: The field brace pairs (i.e. '{ }') for the above example are all created in the document itself, via Ctrl-F9 (Cmd-F9 on a Mac or, if you’re using a laptop, you might need to use Ctrl-Fn-F9); you can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message. Nor is it practical to add them via any of the standard Word dialogues. Likewise, the chevrons (i.e. '« »') are part of the actual mergefields - which you can insert from the 'Insert Merge Field' dropdown (i.e. you can't type or copy & paste them from this message, either). The spaces represented in the field constructions are all required.
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