Make empty lines disappear

Question

Hello all, 
 
 I am facing an issue during the creation of a word template. More specifically, I have put lots of properties (each one at a different line) in my template which may have a text value (created through VB script written on the property) according to the choices that were made at metadata card. Otherwise they remain empty. As a result, I would like not to have an empty line created, when these properties remain empty. I tried to write some code in my properties (I am using Microsoft Word 2016), for example: 
 { IF "[Group Rates (Description)]" <> "&Sigma;&phi;ά&lambda;&mu;&alpha;! Ά&gamma;&nu;&omega;&sigma;&tau;&omicron; ό&nu;&omicron;&mu;&alpha; &iota;&delta;&iota;ό&tau;&eta;&tau;&alpha;&sigmaf; &epsilon;&gamma;&gamma;&rho;ά&phi;&omicron;&upsilon;" "[Group Rates (Description)]" "" } 
 
 but the problem remains. Do you have any idea in order to achieve the appropriate result?

Tom Humm · Answer

Hey there, 
 Based on your description I think i have an answer for you. When multiple fields are being considered for a single space within a template sometimes it makes sense to perform the consolidation of these fields within M-Files as a secondary property field and map the template to that field rather than the primary set of fields. This points the template to a single source of content rather than the multiple options a user may be choosing to populate. Implementing a vb script on the secondary field would provide automation to collate the content together if multiple fields were populated or simply be populated with a singular property's content if only one field had content. Ultimately if none of the fields had content you would likely still be left with a blank space on your template but with this approach your template would only have a single blank rather than however many you have currently. I hope this helps! 
 Tom