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Access-Microsoft Word Merge, avoiding blank spaces

Is there any way when doing a merge with an Access Query and a columned
Word doc that I can avoid blank spaces where the field is blank? I am
creating a columned contact sheet with the contacts grouped by state
and then position title. Some of the states do not have certain
positions filled and this creates a big blank rather than jumping on to
the next position. I heard that if I saved my query as a table after
filtering out Null values the problem would be fixed but that isn't
working for me...

Jul 20 '06 #1
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JFB
Fairly simple, just create a new field in the query. If you have three
fields and sometime the middle one is empty just look for the empty
field and build a new field. If it is empty the new field is the
combination of the other two fields, if it is not empty the new field
is the combination of all three fields.

NewField: IIf(IsNull([FieldThatMayBeE mpty]), [Field1] & [Field3],
[FieldNo1]&[FieldThatMayBeE mpty]&[Field3])
BethanyBez wrote:
Is there any way when doing a merge with an Access Query and a columned
Word doc that I can avoid blank spaces where the field is blank? I am
creating a columned contact sheet with the contacts grouped by state
and then position title. Some of the states do not have certain
positions filled and this creates a big blank rather than jumping on to
the next position. I heard that if I saved my query as a table after
filtering out Null values the problem would be fixed but that isn't
working for me...
Jul 20 '06 #2

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