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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155619"><bookmark_value>matching conditional text in fields</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>if-then queries as fields</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>conditional text; setting up</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text; conditional text</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>defining;conditions</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155619" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="4"><variable id="conditional_text"><link href="text/swriter/guide/conditional_text.xhp" name="Conditional Text">Conditional Text</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155879" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">You can set up fields in your document that display text when a condition that you define is met. For example, you can define the conditional text that is displayed in a series of reminder letters.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155895" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Setting up conditional text in this example is a two-part process. First you create a variable, and then you create the condition.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153175" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="61">To define a conditional variable:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153185" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="62">The first part of the example is to define a variable for the condition statement. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155566" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Choose <emph>Insert -</emph>
<emph>Fields - Other</emph>, and then click the <emph>Variables</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147759" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Click "Set variable" in the <emph>Type </emph>list.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147784" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Type a name for the variable in the <emph>Name</emph> box, for example "Reminder".</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147810" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="57">Click "Text" in the<emph> Format</emph> list.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145614" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Enter "1" in the <emph>Value</emph> box, and then click <emph>Insert</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN1083F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The Format list displays a "General" format after you click Insert.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145645" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="63">To define a condition and the conditional text</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145659" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="64">The second part of the example is to define the condition that must be met, and to insert a placeholder for displaying the conditional text in your document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151193" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Place the cursor where you want to insert the conditional text in your text.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151212" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="65">Choose <emph>Insert -</emph>
<emph>Fields - Other</emph>, and then click the <emph>Functions</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151250" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Click "Conditional text" in the <emph>Type </emph>list.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155936" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Type <emph>Reminder EQ "3"</emph> in the <emph>Condition </emph>box. In other words, the conditional text will be displayed when the variable in the field that you defined in the first part of this example is equal to three.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">The quotation marks enclosing the "3" indicate that the variable that you defined in the first part of this example is a text string.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150446" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Type the text that you want to display when the condition is met in the <emph>Then</emph> box. There is almost no limit to the length of the text that you can enter. You can paste a paragraph into this box.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150473" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Click <emph>Insert</emph>, and then click <emph>Close</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155073" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="66">To display the conditional text:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155086" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="67">In this example, the conditional text is displayed when the value of the conditional variable is equal to 3.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155110" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Place your cursor in front of the field that you defined in the first part of this example, and then choose <emph>Edit - Fields</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155136" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="68">Replace the number in the <emph>Value </emph>box with 3, and then click<emph> Close</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155168" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">If the field does not automatically update, press F9.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145714" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="C"><link href="text/swriter/02/14020000.xhp" name="List of conditional operators">List of conditional operators</link></paragraph>
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