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Subject:Re: Condition text in Word (2000) From:"Chuck Martin" <twriter -at- sonic -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:17:47 -0800
"Jean Weber" <jean -at- wrevenge -dot- com -dot- au> wrote in message news:135672 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
>
>
> >Chuck Martin wrote:
> >>I want to create conditional text in Word, and then be able to
> >>control when it does and doesn't appear. <detail snipped>
<snip>
> Chuck also said, in another note:
> >I can't apply 2 character styles to [the same text]. (At least, I don't
> >know how to if it can be done.)
>
> There are probably more elegant (or efficient) ways to do this, but you
> could define a third style for "both" and have the output look for "A" and
> "both" or "B" and "both" or some such.
>
I got a similar suggestion offline, which works on the face--until you start
adding more products/options:
For one product, 1 style (A)
For two products, 3 styles (A, B, AB)
For three products, 6 styles (A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, ABC)
For four products, 10 styles
For five products, 15 styles
etc.
The combinations multiply worse when you add a second or thrid criteria, for
example, user role, or user level, and so on.
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