How do I send a blank value to a MailMerge data file cell

Question

I have a Client_OLE2 process that loads individual data cells used for mailmerging to a word document. The process loads a cell, moves on to the next cell and loads that with data.
Everything works fine until I try and load a cell with a blank or a null. The process stops dead and issues a 100501 exception.
Is there a work around for trying to load blanks or nulls into data file cells?
A sample of my code is below: (Say for example that 'ADDRESS2' is blank)
APPLICATION := CLIENT_OLE2.CREATE_OBJ('Word.Application');
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(APPLICATION,'Visible', 1); -- VBA CODE
WORD.APP := APPLICATION;
WORD.SEL := CLIENT_OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(WORD.APP,'SELECTION');
args:=CLIENT_OLE2.create_arglist;
CLIENT_OLE2.add_arg(args,3); --Unit :=wdCell
CLIENT_OLE2.add_arg(args,1); --Count:=1
--- Insert GOVERNOR_NAME name
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(WORD.SEL,'Text',GOV_NAME);
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE(WORD.SEL,'Move',args);
--- Insert sysdate "Letter Date"
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(WORD.SEL,'Text',LETTER_DATE);
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE(WORD.SEL,'Move',args);
--- Insert INMATE_NAME_NUMBER OR ATTORNEY NAME
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(WORD.SEL,'Text',NAME_1);
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE(WORD.SEL,'Move',args);
--- Insert PRISON_NAME OR ATTORNEY FIRM NAME
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(WORD.SEL,'Text',NAME_2);
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE(WORD.SEL,'Move',args);
--- Insert PRISON_ADDR1 OR ATTORNEY ADDRESS1
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(WORD.SEL,'Text',ADDRESS1);
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE(WORD.SEL,'Move',args);
--- Insert PRISON_addr2 OR ATTORNEY ADDRESS2
CLIENT_OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(WORD.SEL,'Text',ADDRESS2);
CLIENT_OLE2.INVOKE(WORD.SEL,'Move',args);
CLIENT_OLE2.destroy_arglist(args);
Any advice would be appreciated. thanks

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