Word Mail Merge

I am trying to insert other word documents into my main merge document based on certain conditions, ie if a condition is true insert this document, otherwise do nothing. All help would be greatly appreciated.

You need a conditional field:

{IF{Mergefield Fieldname} = condition "{Includetext
"c:\\path\\filename.doc}"}

You'll have to insert this manually using CTRL+F9 for the field boundaries
{} and substitute the correct filename/fieldname etc.
Note the double separators in the path!

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Alan wrote:
I am trying to insert other word documents into my main merge
document based on certain conditions, ie if a condition is true
insert this document, otherwise do nothing. All help would be
greatly appreciated.

I think you'll have to be a bit more specific. You would use an INCLUDETEXT
field to insert the other document and and IF field to test for the
condition, but I don't see how we can help beyond that without knowing what
the condition is.

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Words into Type
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"Alan" wrote in message
...
I am trying to insert other word documents into my main merge document
based on certain conditions, ie if a condition is true insert this document,
otherwise do nothing. All help would be greatly appreciated.

This worked ok. however I am finding now that when the document is included it's formatting is all messed up.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I think you'll have to be a bit more specific. You would use an INCLUDETEXT
field to insert the other document and and IF field to test for the
condition, but I don't see how we can help beyond that without knowing what
the condition is.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Alan" wrote in message
...
I am trying to insert other word documents into my main merge document
based on certain conditions, ie if a condition is true insert this document,
otherwise do nothing. All help would be greatly appreciated.

That's to be expected, since it will take on the formatting of the current
document.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Alan McNulty" Alan wrote in message
...
This worked ok. however I am finding now that when the document is
included it's formatting is all messed up.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I think you'll have to be a bit more specific. You would use an
INCLUDETEXT
field to insert the other document and and IF field to test for the
condition, but I don't see how we can help beyond that without knowing
what
the condition is.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Alan" wrote in message
...
I am trying to insert other word documents into my main merge document
based on certain conditions, ie if a condition is true insert this
document,
otherwise do nothing. All help would be greatly appreciated.