StyleRef field plus some text

I am not sure what the StyleRef field construction that you are using returns if the style is NOT used in the file, but assuming that it is a space, you could use a construction such as

{ IF { STYLEREF "StyleName" } <> " " "{ STYLEREF "StyleName" } text" " " }

here is what I have (from macropod)

{ IF{STYLEREF "stylename"}<> "Error!*" {STYLEREF "stylename" } }

this works fine, displaying and not displaying the styleref text as required

but if I add (like you say - if I got it right)

{ IF{STYLEREF "stylename"}<> "Error!*" {STYLEREF "stylename" } text" " " }

the styleref is displayed but not the extra text

I tried your code, the standard error is displayed if the style not used, and the Text is displayed regardless; I am after the text not to displayed when style not used and no error shown; and the text to display along with the StyleRef-text.

You can use a field as TrueText without quotes, but once you add anything to it, you need the quotes, so what you need here is (you can omit the FalseText since it's blank):

{ IF { STYLEREF "stylename" } <> "Error!*" "{ STYLEREF "stylename" } text" }

Thanks Suzanne for the reply

sorry but this does not work for me, the "text" appears regardless of the style use.

If there is no text with the Style that the StyleRef is looking for, there is nothing displayed.

If the style is used, the text with the style AND the "text" to appear.

Say Jabberwocky is the text with the style applied, then the StyleRef field should display "Jabberwocky text".

If style not used, nothing displayed.

Many thanks :)

ah your right, I missed the quote after the Error!*"[space]

many thanks :)

The field Suzanne gave you is correct (and a fine piece of field coding).

Typing field codes can be tricky. I copied Suzanne's field into my document. Then I selected the two StyleRef fields and used Ctrl+F9 to make them real fields. Then I did the same thing for the entire IF field. I deleted the typed braces and pressed F9. The field disappeared because I did not have any text in the stylename style. I selected the word I wanted and created a new Character style named stylename. The word Jabberwocky appeared in the header along with the text.

Note, the preceding thread on this can be found here. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-word/styleref-if-error-display/546f004e-a16d-4099-8a76-0f75eb57279e