Thread: [Solved] Character Count in Merge Field
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Old 10-19-2011, 06:44 AM
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Hi Dustin,

There is no character count facility, per se. However, you could use code like:
{IF«myField»= "?????*" {QUOTE 12}}
Where 'myField' is your test mergefield and the count of ? characters is the count of characters required to trigger the page break.

Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message. Likewise, you can't type or copy & paste the chevrons (ie '« »') - they're part of the actual mergefields, which you can insert from the mailmerge toolbar. Also, you can't use this to insert a page break into the mergefield's output - there is no practical way of doing so with mergefield text.
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