Cetin/Jay

The table idea works great for the alignment, thanks. Table question for both of you then. When I had the mergefields as below, if, for example, the 3 and 4 fields were empty, the whole document would shift up 2 lines. With the mergefields now in a 4 row table, is there any way for the table to automatically shrink to 2 rows if the 3 and 4 fields are empty?

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