Hi Mark,

 set textmerge on
 \This is a test
 \<<mTest)>>
 \So is this
 set textmerge off

Memo field (mTest) contains:
First line of memo content.
Second line of memo.
Today is <<DTOC( DATE() )>>, just another day.

New paragraph, etc.

Works as one might anticipate - have I not understood the query?

Regards
Houston.