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Populate Word Merge Check Box from exported txt file data (0 vs. 1)

Asked by bdbud in Microsoft Access Database, Microsoft Word

Tags: word, populate, merge

Hello,
I'm using an Access form to collect data for a MS Word Mail Merge document.  In addition to name and address fields, the Access form collects data for several Check Boxes.  I export the Access data to a comma delimited text file that the Word document references.  My question is how I get Check Box fields on the Mail Merge document to either populate or not-populate based on the 0 or 1 that is in the exported text file.  So, if the txt file for the first record has a 1 in the appropriate field I want a filled in Check-Box on the letter, vs. a blank Check Box.

I've exhausted the obvious options in Word help, and can't believe that there isn't a way to do this.  Any help/thoughts/ideas would be greatly appreciated.  All else fails, I suppose I can change the Access database to export a literal "X" to the text file.  I'd rather have the nice Check Box Form field available in Word though.

Thanks for your time.
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