Hi Tony,

If the field is always populated, you can simply add the text after it. Otherwise, you need something like:
{IF{MERGEFIELD StartDate1 \@ YYMMDD} <> "000000" "{MERGEFIELD StartDate1 \@ "DD MMMM YYYY"} Goodbye"}

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]