WWI: Blank Compression 

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Highlight the area for which you want to define blank compression.
  2. Blank compression may not extend over several cells in a table line. It may extend within a cell or over the whole table line.

  3. Choose WWI ® Insert Blank Compression.
  4. The Blank Compression dialog box appears.

    The symbols in the selected text are displayed in the left section.

  5. Position the cursor on each symbol in turn for which the system must find a value so that the entire selected text is also output, and choose the Copy function.
  6. If you want to include further symbols as a condition, choose Add in the dialog box.
  7. The symbol properties dialog box appears. Here, you can use the Search function to select further symbols.

    You can change all symbols displayed as a condition in the Blank Compression dialog box in the control symbols area by positioning the cursor on the symbol required and choosing Modify or Delete.

  8. In the blank compression dialog box in the operator area, specify whether the conditions entered are to be linked with AND ( * ) or OR ( + ).
  9. Choose Enter.
  10. Word enters blank compression in your template according to the conditions defined.

    Repeating groups have the substance report symbol type 13 .

  11. If you want to edit blank compression subsequently, position the cursor within the symbol and choose WWI ® Edit Group.

See also:

Blank Compression - Example

Blank Compression