1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * under the License. 22*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist * 23*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 24*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist 25*0e4b25e7SAndrew Rist 26cdf0e10cSrcweir 27cdf0e10cSrcweir 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir <topic id="textswriterguideconditional_textxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Conditional Text</title> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir <filename>/text/swriter/guide/conditional_text.xhp</filename> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir </topic> 33cdf0e10cSrcweir </meta> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir <body> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3155619"><bookmark_value>matching conditional text in fields</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>if-then queries as fields</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>conditional text; setting up</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>text; conditional text</bookmark_value> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir <bookmark_value>defining;conditions</bookmark_value> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155619" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="4"><variable id="conditional_text"><link href="text/swriter/guide/conditional_text.xhp" name="Conditional Text">Conditional Text</link> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155879" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="5">You can set up fields in your document that display text when a condition that you define is met. For example, you can define the conditional text that is displayed in a series of reminder letters.</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155895" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="6">Setting up conditional text in this example is a two-part process. First you create a variable, and then you create the condition.</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153175" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 46cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="61">To Define a Conditional Variable</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153185" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="62">The first part of the example is to define a variable for the condition statement. </paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155566" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="8">Choose <item type="menuitem">Insert - Fields - Other</item>, and then click the <item type="menuitem">Variables</item> tab.</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147759" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="9">Click "Set variable" in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>list.</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147784" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="10">Type a name for the variable in the <item type="menuitem">Name</item> box, for example <item type="literal">Reminder</item>.</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147810" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="57">Click "Text" in the<emph/> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir <item type="menuitem">Format</item> list.</paragraph> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7748344" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Enter <item type="literal">1</item> in the <item type="menuitem">Value</item> box, and then click <item type="menuitem">Insert</item>.<br/>The Format list now displays a "General" format.</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145645" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 68cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="63">To Define a Condition and the Conditional Text</paragraph> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145659" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="64">The second part of the example is to define the condition that must be met, and to insert a placeholder for displaying the conditional text in your document.</paragraph> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151193" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="12">Place the cursor where you want to insert the conditional text in your text.</paragraph> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151212" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="65">Choose <item type="menuitem">Insert - Fields - Other</item>, and then click the <item type="menuitem">Functions</item> tab.</paragraph> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151250" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="13">Click "Conditional text" in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>list.</paragraph> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155936" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="14">Type <item type="literal">Reminder EQ "3"</item> in the <item type="menuitem">Condition</item> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>box. In other words, the conditional text will be displayed when the variable in the field that you defined in the first part of this example is equal to three.</paragraph> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155969" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="15">The quotation marks enclosing the "3" indicate that the variable that you defined in the first part of this example is a text string.</paragraph> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered" startwith="5"> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150446" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="16">Type the text that you want to display when the condition is met in the <emph>Then</emph> box. There is almost no limit to the length of the text that you can enter. You can paste a paragraph into this box.</paragraph> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150473" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="17">Click <emph>Insert</emph>, and then click <emph>Close</emph>.</paragraph> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3155073" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 96cdf0e10cSrcweir oldref="66">To Display the Conditional Text</paragraph> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155086" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="67">In this example, the conditional text is displayed when the value of the conditional variable is equal to 3.</paragraph> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155110" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="19">Place your cursor in front of the field that you defined in the first part of this example, and then choose <emph>Edit - Fields</emph>.</paragraph> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155136" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="68">Replace the number in the <item type="menuitem">Value</item> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir <emph/>box with 3, and then click<emph/> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir <item type="menuitem">Close</item>.</paragraph> 106cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 108cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155168" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="20">If the field does not automatically update, press F9.</paragraph> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 110cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 111cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 112cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_userdata.xhp#fields_userdata"/> 113cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/guide/conditional_text2.xhp#conditional_text2"/> 114cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/swriter/01/04090200.xhp#defining_conditions"/> 115cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145714" role="paragraph" l10n="C"><link href="text/swriter/02/14020000.xhp" name="List of conditional operators">List of conditional operators</link></paragraph> 116cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 117cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 118cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>