Blank Fields in Letter Templates

[jamshed999]

I'm using Microsoft Word 2003/2007 to create ACT! 2009 Document Templates.

If I'm inserting an say fields Address 1, Address 2, Address 3 but say Address 2 is blank, I don't want an empty line, rather I want the Address 3 field to automatically move up. ie. The field should only be inserted if it isn't blank.

So at it should read: (assuming Address 2 is blank)

Address 1

Address 3

Instead of:

Address 1

Address 3

Thanks,
JJ

[Jeff_Granger]

If you start from an existing template (say the "Letter" template) and save it with another name it should happen automatically.  If you are starting from a blank template insert <Address 1>, then with the cursor after the ">" hit return and then instert <Address 2> etc.  When you use the new template any blank fields should be closed up.

Jeff

[jamshed999]

Thanks very much.

[grantmillar]

Hi Jeff,

There's been some discussion about this subject:

http://community.act.com/t5/Act-Premium/When-doing-a-mail-merge-in-ACT-how-do-you-prevent-a-blank-li...

I tried hitting the 'Return' key after entering <Address 2> <Address 3> <Address 1>etc, but the unwanted line break still appeared in all the mail merge letters I was doing.

Kind regards,
Grant.