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Use of the SkipIf Function
Hi all,
I am currently attempting to use mail merge to generate a number of tables in a document. I need to generate a table but not add a row where that row would be blank? I.e. where a certain piece of mail merge is empty then to ignore that entry and skip to the next row. I am lead to believe that this may be possible with SKIPIF but I can't seem to get this to do anything? I have included my code below: {SKIPIF {MERGEFIELD step_45_7}=""} I have added everything using Ctrl+F9 but am relatively inexperienced at this sort of thing so any advice is gratefully received! Thanks Tom |
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You can use Word's Catalogue/Directory Mailmerge facility for this (the terminology depends on the Word version). To see how to do so with any mailmerge data source supported by Word, check out my Microsoft Word Catalogue/Directory Mailmerge Tutorial, in the 'Sticky' thread at the top of this forum:
https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...-tutorial.html The tutorial covers everything from list creation to the insertion & calculation of values in multi-record tables in letters. Do read the tutorial before trying to use the mailmerge document included with it. Depending on what you're trying to achieve, the field coding for this can be complex. However, since the tutorial document includes working field codes for all of its examples, most of the hard work has already been done for you - you should be able to do little more than copy/paste the relevant field codes into your own mailmerge main document, substitute/insert your own field names and adjust the formatting to get the results you desire. For some worked examples, see the attachments to the posts at: https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...html#post23345 https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...html#post30327 Another option would be to use a DATABASE field in a normal ‘letter’ mailmerge main document and a macro to drive the process. An outline of this approach can be found at: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/o...1-1996c14dca5d Conversely, if you're using a relational database or, Excel workbook with a separate table with just a single instance of each of the grouping criteria, a DATABASE field in a normal ‘letter’ mailmerge main document could be used without the need for a macro. An outline of this approach can be found at: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...f-8642e46fa103 For a working example, see: https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...-multiple.html The DATABASE field can even be used without recourse to a mailmerge. An example of such usage can be found at: https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...html#post67097 Yet another option would be to use a macro to delete unused rows at the end of a standard merge. For an example of that approach, see: https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...tml#post137121 Alternatively, you may want to try one of the Many-to-One Mail Merge add-ins, from: Graham Mayor at http://www.gmayor.com/ManyToOne.htm; or Doug Robbins at https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=5AEDC...43615E886B!566
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