In order to have more than one address appear on one document in a Word merge (for example, selecting three addresses in Outlook for one hearing notice instead of each address being used on a separate notice, which would be the default behavior), use the field { next } followed by whatever your mergefields are. You can insert the field by either typing Ctrl+F9 (which inserts the field markers {}) and “next”, or by using the Rules dropdown menu in Mailings>Write and Insert Fields (Next Record). You must remember to add the fields after { next }, because otherwise Word will leave that spot blank.

Here’s the code that I use for my notices (the first, of course, does not have the “next” in front of it):

{ next }{ if{ mergefield full_name } <> "" "{
if{ mergefield company } <> "" "{
mergefield company }
Attn: { mergefield full_name }
{ mergefield Mailing_Address }" "{
mergefield Full_Name }{ if{
mergefield Job_Title } <> "" "
{ mergefield Job_Title }
{ mergefield Mailing_Address }" "
{ mergefield Mailing_Address }" }"
}" "{ mergefield Company }
{ mergefield Mailing_Address }" }

Because I have conditionals coded and it’s really messy to attempt to read and understand, the following describes the above in plain English:

* If the contact has an Full Name and a Company, type
Company
Attn: Full Name
Mailing Address
* Otherwise, if there is a Full Name but no Company, type
Full Name (if there is a Job Title such as ‘Attorney at Law’, put that on the next line, but otherwise do nothing)
Mailing Address
* Finally, if there is a Company name but no Full Name type
Company
Mailing Address

This allows me, with the same code for each address, to have the client’s address, the clerk’s address, and the State’s Attorney’s address appear as they should, without having to fiddle with them after completing the merge.

Remember, if you want to use these fields in your document, Word won’t recognize the code if you copy and paste. You must insert the fields either by the menu or by typing Ctrl + F9 and then typing the field code.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Windows

• Ctrl+A to select everything.
• Ctrl+C to copy what is selected.
• Ctrl+V to paste what is currently on the clipboard.
• Alt+Tab to switch between programs

Outlook

• Before we installed Credenza as a practice management solution, my favorite Outlook shortcut was Ctrl+Shift+M for creating a new e-mail no matter where I was in Outlook. Credenza short-circuits that into a new matter, and I can’t find a replacement.
• Ctrl+Shift+K creates a new task from anywhere in Outlook.
• Ctrl+G when pressed in the calendar brings up a dialogue for you to input a date. You can type “Christmas,” and it will take you to this year’s 12/25. Type “28 days” to calendar that discovery deadline from the Interrogatories you just opened. (The written days work in any Outlook date field, such as in Tasks.)
• Ctrl+Enter sends your e-mail immediately.
• Esc or Alt+F4 to cancel (if Esc doesn’t work, Alt+F4 should).

Excel

• Ctrl+; to input today’s date
• Ctrl+Shift+; for the current time
• Ctrl+End and then Enter to go to the end of a row

Word

• Ctrl+H for find and replace
• Alt+F9 to reveal mergecodes (I’ll write a separate post on the power of mergefields)
• I usually turn Auto-Correct off.

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