e.g. in Word document, say there is a section like:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD SomeCondition } = "True" "hello there world" "" }

where { } are the special word merge field parts, which show when you press ALT+F9.
In the above, when SomeCondition is True, I want the text "hello there world" to appear. This all works well. However, is it possible to get only the word "there" above, to be displayed in bold? I tried formatting the word to be in bold in Word, but when output, it did not display in bold.

e.g. in Word document, say there is a section like:

{ IF { MERGEFIELD SomeCondition } = "True" "hello there world" "" }

where { } are the special word merge field parts, which show when you press ALT+F9.
In the above, when SomeCondition is True, I want the text "hello there world" to appear. This all works well. However, is it possible to get only the word "there" above, to be displayed in bold? I tried formatting the word to be in bold in Word, but when output, it did not display in bold.

• ms-word
• mergefield
• word-field

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It's way easier than that!

Simply use a field coded as:

{IF { MERGEFIELD SomeCondition } = "True" "Hello World" \* MERGEFORMAT}

You can do it by creating an Auto Text

• Type the text in the required format in your document and then select it.
• On the Insert tab in the Text group click Quick Parts and click on Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery ...
• After this in your IF mergefield where you want to place the formatted text in the Quick Parts menu select Field...
• Select Auto Text
• In the middle part select your previously saved Auto Text member.
• Click on OK button

You can now delete the formatted text from the document if needed.
After this the saved formatted text will appear when the condition is fulfilled.