I have created the following Merge Field to use in an invoice layout:

<<Contact>>
<<Company>>
<<Address One>>
<<Address Two>>
<<City>>, <<State/Province>>
<<ZIP/Postal Code>>  <<Country>>

Basically, it seems to work ok . . . *except* thast if the <<Address 
Two>> field is empty, FMP leaves a blank line there rather than sliding 
the next line up to close the gap.

If I leave the <<Company>> field empty, the rest of the lines slide up 
ok! This is driving me nuts - what am I overlooking?

:-/

albert

"Albert" <asteg@mindspring.com> wrote in message 
news:asteg-BAA530.18465017012005@news1.east.earthlink.net...
>I have created the following Merge Field to use in an invoice layout:
>
> <<Contact>>
> <<Company>>
> <<Address One>>
> <<Address Two>>
> <<City>>, <<State/Province>>
> <<ZIP/Postal Code>>  <<Country>>
>
> Basically, it seems to work ok . . . *except* thast if the <<Address
> Two>> field is empty, FMP leaves a blank line there rather than 
> sliding
> the next line up to close the gap.
>
> If I leave the <<Company>> field empty, the rest of the lines slide 
> up
> ok! This is driving me nuts - what am I overlooking?
>
> :-/
>
> albert

Is this all in one text object?  Are you SURE the Address Two field is 
completely empty (doesn't have a space or CR in it)? 

On 2005-01-17 15:46:48 -0800, Albert <asteg@mindspring.com> said:

> I have created the following Merge Field to use in an invoice layout:
> 
> <<Contact>>
> <<Company>>
> <<Address One>>
> <<Address Two>>
> <<City>>, <<State/Province>>
> <<ZIP/Postal Code>>  <<Country>>
> 
> Basically, it seems to work ok . . . *except* thast if the <<Address 
> Two>> field is empty, FMP leaves a blank line there rather than sliding 
> the next line up to close the gap.
> 
> If I leave the <<Company>> field empty, the rest of the lines slide up 
> ok! This is driving me nuts - what am I overlooking?
> 
> :-/
> 
> albert

Make sure that the Address Two field is line up right underneath the 
Adress One field.  Sometimes a one pixel shift can screw up the sliding.

Lou

In article <354pj0F4do7bsU1@individual.net>,
 "Glenn Schwandt" <gschwandtAT@meriscowipesDOT.com> wrote:

> > albert
> 
> Is this all in one text object?  Are you SURE the Address Two field is 
> completely empty (doesn't have a space or CR in it)? 

Ah! It turned out to be something similar: an extra carriage return in 
the Address One field!  So it was sliding fine all along. Duh.

I need to remember to seek the simplest possible fix when I'm 
troubleshooting.  I've been monkeying around with this for days!

thanks to both repliers for the pointers.
albert