⚠️ Important
This tutorial assumes you're already familiar with Block tags. If not, first check out What are Block tags?
1. Block tags
Block tags let you show or hide a block of content (text, table, image…) based on a condition: empty field, list value, checked box, etc.
Use Block tags when you want to:
hide or show several paragraphs or pages at once;
make a table or image display conditionally;
apply a condition based on any type of field.
2. The Paragraph deletion option
The Delete paragraph if data is empty or hidden option in the custom Word settings is found in each field's options, under the Advanced tab.
It automatically hides the paragraph containing a field's tag if that field is empty or hidden.
Use this option when you want to hide a single paragraph linked to a specific field that's empty or not filled in.
⚠️ Important — the concept of "paragraph" in Word
Shift + Enter = line break within the same paragraph
Enter = new paragraph
The option's behavior depends on this distinction:
Tag and heading on the same line → the entire line is hidden
Tag and heading in the same paragraph → the entire paragraph is hidden
Tag and heading in separate paragraphs → the heading stays visible
💡 Tip
Turn on the ¶ option in Word to view paragraph breaks and check your layout before exporting.
3. En résumé
| Block Tags | Paragraph Deletion |
Hide a multi-paragraph block | ✅ | ❌ |
Hide tables and images | ✅ | ❌ |
Hide content if field is empty | ✅ | ✅ |
Configuration | In the Word template | In the field's options |