On October 10, 2015 9:58:13 AM CDT, "Dr. Hawkins" <doch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>I am now getting to motions, which will use data much like mail-merge
>in a
>word processor.   So I might use something like
>
>Debtor ##dname## filed this petition on ##petdate##
>
>
>to generate
>
>
>Debtor John Doe filed this petition on 1/15/2015
>
>
>
>For short things, it would be easy enough on rendering output to watch
>for
>words starting with ## and place the data field over the word, either
>on
>first render or possibly on the fly with mouseMove.
>
>This won't work "well" for a phrase, though, which can wrap.

This sounds like a job for the merge command. 
-- 
Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com

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