force page break

Question

I am doing a Word merge.  Under certain conditions (When a certain variable is "X" ) I want to force a page break. 

I do Mailings > Rules > If .. Then .. Else

If field name equal to X Then insert this text.  What can I put in the "insert this text" to make a page break?

Thanks and Merry Christmas

Answer 1

Yes it will insert a break in the merge document, but it is a conditional break so it will only appear in the merge when the condition is correct.

It is not clear what you are trying to do, but if you are trying to create a many to one merge, then take a look at http://www.gmayor.com/ManyToOne.htm  

When I do the merge, it does a page break with every line.  I am now approaching the problem in a different way.  

Thanks everyone for your time.

Answer 2

Yes it will insert a break in the merge document, but it is a conditional break so it will only appear in the merge when the condition is correct.

It is not clear what you are trying to do, but if you are trying to create a many to one merge, then take a look at http://www.gmayor.com/ManyToOne.htm

Answer 3

Working directly in the document, at the point where you want the page break, type Ctrl+F9

This will put two brackets on the page { }

Between the brackets create the following (again using CTRL+F9 for the second pair of brackets and of course the correct field name). Where I have written "Insert a page break here" insert a page break between the quotes. Press ALT+F9 to toggle the field display and the break will disappear until the field calls it.

{ IF { Mergefield Fieldname  } = "X" "Insert a page break here" }

I did what you suggested.  It does a page break with every line when I run the merge.  When I change the page break to a literal "QQ" it puts "QQ" only when the variable is "X".

How did you mean to insert page break? I did ctrl-enter. Somehow it does not realize that I only want page break at certain conditions. 

Thx

To clarify:  When I put the page break between the quotes, the document immediately went to a new page.  This is before I did the merge.  That is what I meant by "it does not realize that I only want page break on certain conditions."

Answer 4

Working directly in the document, at the point where you want the page break, type Ctrl+F9

This will put two brackets on the page { }

Between the brackets create the following (again using CTRL+F9 for the second pair of brackets and of course the correct field name). Where I have written "Insert a page break here" insert a page break between the quotes. Press ALT+F9 to toggle the field display and the break will disappear until the field calls it.

{ IF { Mergefield Fieldname  } = "X" "Insert a page break here" }