The reason your field doesn't work is that the embedded IF tests are created using ordinary, typed, braces, instead of field braces created via Ctrl-F9. They also lack the pairing of the opening and closing braces that true field braces would employ, so it's not possible to decipher what your intended field logic is. Furthermore, you don't need either the italics or the MERGEFORMAT switches for the fields to work and your last test seems pointless (it outputs nothing in either case).

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]