# MailMergeFieldAdapter.PreserveFormatting Property

> Specifies whether the field's formatting should be preserved.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 15.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields > MailMergeFieldAdapter.PreserveFormatting Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/mailmergefieldadapter/preserveformatting-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/mailmergefieldadapter/preserveformatting-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/mailmergefieldadapter/preserveformatting-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Specifies whether the field's formatting should be preserved.

### Syntax

```csharp
public bool PreserveFormatting { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property PreserveFormatting As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following example uses `MailMergeFieldAdapter.PreserveFormatting` to configure preserve formatting as part of the mail merge field adapter workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
mailMergeFieldAdapter.PreserveFormatting = true;
if (mailMergeFieldAdapter.PreserveFormatting)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Mail Merge Field Adapter: Preserve Formatting is enabled.");
}
```

```vbnet
mailMergeFieldAdapter.PreserveFormatting = True
If mailMergeFieldAdapter.PreserveFormatting Then
    Console.WriteLine("Mail Merge Field Adapter: Preserve Formatting is enabled.")
End If
```

### Limitations

This property is not used by the [MailMerge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/llms-full.txt) component.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [MailMergeFieldAdapter Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/mailmergefieldadapter/constructor/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [MergeField Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/mergefield/llms-full.txt)