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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS IN A MAIN DOCUMENT
Word has special instructions you can include
in a main document to give you more control over
varying text in form letters.
To: Type:
Enter new «SET fieldname="text to print"»
text for
all records
Ignore a «IF number<50»«SKIP»«ENDIF»
record
Insert «INCLUDE filename»
another
document
Insert a «IF condition»result«ENDIF»
specified
result if one
condition
exists
Merge data «DATA data document name»
document «DATA header file,document name»
Print all «NEXT»
records in
one document
Prompt for «ASK field_name=?»
field entries «ASK field_name=? specify message»
before
printing
Prompt for «SET field_name=?»
text before
printing
Note: Maximum length of text string in IF
statement is 256 characters.
Maximum length of prompt in SET or ASK is
80 characters.
More Help: <Merging files>
<Demo: Creating Form Letters>
Using Manual: Chapter 16, "Form Letters, Mailing
Labels, and Other Merge Documents"