Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Word 2003

Nesting Fields

Sometimes, the best way to have one field's results affect another field is to nest the first field inside the second. This may sound abstract, but it is immensely useful.

To nest a field, first press Ctrl+F9 to create the field and edit the field as much as possible. Then, place the insertion point where you want the nested field to appear. Press Ctrl+F9 to insert a new field within your existing field. A sample (and simple) nested field follows:

{IF {DATE \@ "d-MMM" }=" 15-Apr"  "Have you paid your taxes or asked for an
extension yet?"  "Don't forget: tax preparation today can save you money
when April 15 rolls around!" }

In this example, the { IF } field checks the date returned by the { DATE } field. If the date and format ...