fields into an IF/then/else field

[Eron Tarhay]

Hello Group!

I am trying to do my first mail merge from access to word and want to use an
exciting "merge field" inside a "word field" (if/then/else specificly). The
help file tells me how to edit the code and it looks like it shouldn't be
too hard. My problem is I DON'T see the code like this:
{ IF { MERGEFIELD State } = "NY" "{ INCLUDETEXT
c:\\worddocs\\contract.doc }" "{ AUTOTEXT Copyright }" }
By default it seems to show the appropriate text based on the condition that
is met for that entry. Although I DO NOT have the view merge results button
pressed. I can't even edit it again once I insert it. What am I missing? How
do I edit it? This is my first effort ever with Word so ANY help would be
appreciated. I've looked through the help file, this newsgroup and the mvp
site and can't figure out what direction to go in.

Thanks for your time,
Eron

[Peter Jamieson]

You probably need to go into Word Tools|Options|View and check the Field
COdes checkbox. Otherwise you just see the field results.

And/or, you can select the field(s) and right-click to get the context menu.
That will let you toggle between field codes and field results *if* WOrd
thinks that the field context menu is the appropriate menu to display
(sometimes it shows the spellcheck context menu).

Peter Jamieson

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[Eron Tarhay]

thank you so much Peter...that was it.

I am obviouly very new to this :)

Eron

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