How do I hide a blank address line when doing a mail merge?
Mail addressing letters or envelopes have a different number of lines in their address. The following method will show you how to add a blank line/field via a mail merge known as a ‘Hidden Paragraph’, which basically hides an entire line based on the testing of a condition parameter. • Place cursor immediately in front of the shaded field you wish to hide if it is blank • Select Insert -> Fields -> Other • Click the Functions tab • Select ‘Hidden Paragraph’ in the ‘Type’ section • Type “NOT field-name” in the ‘Condition’ box, where field-name is the name of the mail merge/form letter field • Click the ‘Insert’ button • Click the ‘Close’ button • Do the mail merge This will only work in OpenOffice.org 1.1, which is the current release. 6.
