Mail merge, delete table row if merge field is empty

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Nai Posted messages 709 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -  
Nai Posted messages 709 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -
Hello :)
I'm not sure if my request can be fulfilled, but I'm giving it a try anyway.
I have a table with many rows and a few columns. In each cell there is a merge field (except the last column).
When activating the preview, I would like the entire row to be deleted if the merge fields in that row are empty (no data).

The file takes up a lot of space, and some entries don't need it.

The Word file: https://www.cjoint.com/c/EFjikKQaRhF
The source file: https://www.cjoint.com/c/EFjilDFnG1F

Thank you very much in advance for your help! :)

P.S.: If there is a solution, please explain how you did it ;)

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m@rina Posted messages 27328 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   11 546
 
Hello

First of all, I don't really see the point of mail merge for something that can be done simply in Excel.

But since you insist, unless I misunderstood your problem, you just need to make the selection from Word...

Mailings tab, Edit recipient list => Filter

m@rina

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Bruce Willix Posted messages 12376 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   2 638
 
Here, yes, I hadn't even noticed.

Pluzin
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Nai Posted messages 709 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   56
 
The goal is to create a summary file of the usage slots of municipal halls by local associations for each association.

The problem is that some associations use multiple halls, while others use only one. This results in empty rows in the table (in the Excel file).

Example:
Association A uses 3 halls. For each hall, I have 7 available days. In the case where the hall is used every day. For each day, I have one time slot. This association fully utilizes these three halls. So:
3 halls x 7 days x 1 slot = 21 table rows

Association B uses 1 hall. But only two days (let's say Tuesday and Thursday). So:
1 hall x 2 days x 1 slot = 2 table rows

In the end, in the mail merge file for Association B, 19 table rows will be blank. It is these blank table rows that I would like to delete.

I hope I have been clear. If not, it means my request is not aligned with my wishes.

Thank you again for your help ^^
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Nai Posted messages 709 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   56
 
"What results in empty table rows appearing (in the Word file) ^^."
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