Format part of a Mergefield conditional text result

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e.g. in Word document, say there is a section like:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD SomeCondition } = "True" "hello there world" "" }

where { } are the special word merge field parts, which show when you press ALT+F9.
In the above, when SomeCondition is True, I want the text "hello there world" to appear. This all works well. However, is it possible to get only the word "there" above, to be displayed in bold? I tried formatting the word to be in bold in Word, but when output, it did not display in bold.

macropod · Accepted Answer · 2025-03-14 06:30:24Z

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It's way easier than that!

Simply use a field coded as:

{IF { MERGEFIELD SomeCondition } = "True" "Hello World" \* MERGEFORMAT}

edited Mar 14 at 6:30

answered Mar 13 at 4:00

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Black cat · Accepted Answer · 2025-03-11 06:55:34Z

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You can do it by creating an Auto Text

Type the text in the required format in your document and then select it.
On the Insert tab in the Text group click Quick Parts and click on Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery ...
After this in your IF mergefield where you want to place the formatted text in the Quick Parts menu select Field...
Select Auto Text
In the middle part select your previously saved Auto Text member.
Click on OK button

You can now delete the formatted text from the document if needed.
After this the saved formatted text will appear when the condition is fulfilled.

answered Mar 11 at 6:55

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