>This question is from the Word side of things as opposed to VFP but figured this group is the best to ask so:
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>I have a comma and quote delimted text file for the mailmerge. The mailmerge fields need to be lined up in columns, so they are layed out like the following:
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>Student          Grade          Fee
>student1         grade1         fee1
>student2         grade2         fee2
>student3         grade3         fee3
>student4         grade4         fee4
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>The trouble is the grade and fee mergefield positions shift depending on the length of the student mergefield.
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>Is there a way to ensure a mergefield takes up a certain amount of space, no more and no less, without padding the mergefield values and using a non-proportional font? The client has a font standard for all documentation so that is not an option.

Colin,
Insert mergefields in a table or use tabs.
Cetin