Thread: [Solved] Mail merge erases field codes
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Old 08-11-2011, 05:21 AM
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Hi MedievalGuy,

The stripping is cause by the fact that your 'Continued' field uses an IF statement.

Since IF fields in mailmerges get resolved and converted to the text equivalents of their true/false evaluations, you can’t use them to vary the text in the header or footer of a mailmerge document. Here’s some workarounds for displaying 'Continued Next Page' type messages on all but the last page in each Section of a mailmerge output file:
{={SECTIONPAGES}-{PAGE} \# "'Continued Next Page';;"}
to generate 'Continued Next Page', or:
{={SECTIONPAGES}-{PAGE} \# "'Continued on Page {={PAGE}+1}';;"}
to generate a 'Continued on Page #' message.

Modify/adapt to suit your needs.

Note: After merging to a new document, you may need to do a print preview before the 'Continued Next Page' message appears.
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