mergefield programming Word

[Non-profit whipping boy]

Hi. Can anyone share with me a switch or method to trim a character out of a
mergefield from the output if it exists in the source. To illustrate. I
have a sentence "...thanks to the attendees {MERGEFIELD
attendees_name_combined}."

Unfortunately if attendees_name_combined is "Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Jr.", the
output becomes "...thanks to the attendees Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Jr.."

I want to trim the extra period (.) from the output if it exists in this
instance (or suppress the final period. I was hoping for a switch or an if
... then statement just for the final period, but so far I have not been able
to figure out a solution.

 

[macropod]

Hi,

Try an IF test on the MERGEFIELD, coded as:
{IF{MERGEFIELD attendees_name_combined}= "*." "{MERGEFIELD
attendees_name_combined}" "{MERGEFIELD attendees_name_combined}."}
and deleting the "." from your document's text.


Cheers


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[Non-profit whipping boy]

Perfect! Thank you!

Hi,

Try an IF test on the MERGEFIELD, coded as:
{IF{MERGEFIELD attendees_name_combined}= "*." "{MERGEFIELD
attendees_name_combined}" "{MERGEFIELD attendees_name_combined}."}
and deleting the "." from your document's text.


Cheers


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