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Subject:Re: conditional text in Word? From:Scott Miller <smiller -at- PORTAL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 1 Sep 1998 17:00:23 -0700
I tried the IF field thing, and couldn't make it work. If anyone has any
tips, I would love to hear them.
- Scott Miller
smiller -at- portal -dot- com
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> It has been a long time since I needed that feature, but version 2.0
> of
> Word included a workable conditional text capability. I converted
> four
> user guides and four programmer references to one of each, using
> conditional text ("IfThen" fields, as I recall) to customize content.
>
