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Subject:Re: Conditional Text in MS Word From:Geoff Lane <geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 12 Nov 2004 19:28:16 +0000
On Friday, November 12, 2004, Wade Courtney wrote;
> Does anyone use conditional text in MS Word? If so, how do you do it?
> Are there any good "plugins"
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There are several ways to "do" conditional text in Word without
resorting to third-party software (e.g. Doc-To-Help). Depending on
your needs, you can do this with:
- styles that you hide or show depending on context.
- custom document properties.
- includetext fields so that your document takes content from subdocs.
Create a set of subdocs for each context.
- database-controlled, macro-driven conditionals (I've just completed
something on these lines that provides branded, company-specific
procedures for each company in a group of companies).
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