Hi Claudia,

{MERGEFIELD Salary_Add \b "Shift Allowance/Salary Addition €" \f "¶
"}

However, if you need any particular numeric formatting in the mergefield, you'll need a different approach, as it seems Word can't apply numeric formatting along with the \b and \f switches. Instead, you can use an IF field test, constructed along the lines of:
{IF{MERGEFIELD Salary_Add }<> "" "Shift Allowance/Salary Addition { MERGEFIELD Salary_Add \# €,0.00}¶
"}

Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 (Cmd-F9 on a Mac) - you can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]