WD: Selecting "(None)" Resets Filter Comparison

ID: Q122505

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

In the Query Options dialog box, if you delete a query that precedes another query, the comparison criteria for all subsequent queries change to match that of the query that was deleted.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For example, if your query options are set up as follows

             Field:          Comparison:          Compare to:

             <field1>        is Blank             (empty)
   Or        <field2>        Equal to             (text)
   Or        <field3>        is Not Blank         (empty)
   Or        <field4>        Not Equal to         (text)
   Or        <field5>        Less than            (text)

and you modify the <field1> entry by selecting (none) from the Field list, your query changes to this:

             <field2>        is Blank             (text)
   Or        <field3>        is Blank             (empty)
   Or        <field4>        is Blank             (text)
   Or        <field5>        is Blank             (text)

Your query should change to this:

             <field2>        Equal to             (text)
   Or        <field3>        is Not Blank         (empty)
   Or        <field4>        Not Equal to         (text)
   Or        <field5>        Less than            (text)

You can find these query options on the Filter Records tab. To locate this tab, follow these steps:

1. Open the mail merge main document.

2. On the Tools menu, click Mail Merge.

3. Under "Merge the data with the document", click Query Options.

Additional query words: filter filtering queries same change changes comparison 8.0 8.00

Keywords          : wordnt word8 macword98 winword kbmerge ntword macword word6 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c7.0,7.0a;MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: December 5, 1998