Job Title from Contacts doesn't appear in merged document, no idea

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A. Wyganowski - 31 Jan 2006 22:14 GMT

I have created a mail merge document using Word and Outlook contacts, and
added in the Job Title address field, but when I complete the merge all the
fields are there EXCEPT the Job Title field where there is a blank line.

I've tried this several ways (editing address block, adding all fields from
scratch, using Publisher instead...) and the Job Title still doesn't appear.

There is nothing on the website that I can find that gives me any clue as to
why this might be happening.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 31 Jan 2006 22:55 GMT

Nor have you provided any clue. You must provide the precise steps you used
if you expect anyone to be able to help.
As a general rule, if you want to be sure you include an Outlook filed in
the merge, start the merge from Outlook.

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>I have created a mail merge document using Word and Outlook contacts, and
> added in the Job Title address field, but when I complete the merge all
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A. Wyganowski - 01 Feb 2006 01:53 GMT

The mail merge function was started following the Wizard in both Word and
Publisher, following the Wizard steps and Mail Merge 101 on your website,
using Outlook Contacts as the source file for the merge.

The address block is presented as an editing option,or you can insert the
fields yourself. I tried both and the "Job title" field was added, however
upon merge no data was inserted in the field. {MERGEFIELD"JobTitle"\m}

Secondly, the instructions on your website for mail merge do not suggest
starting it from within Outlook, they say to do it within Word or Publisher,
which is exactly what I did. I did Publisher as a second option thinking it
might be a Word bug.

By the way, there is no reason to start your responses with a condescending
remark, since I was trying hard to search your website and find a fix, you
could have just asked me for more detail on which of your instructions I was
following.

It is extremely frustrating to surf all sorts of irrelevant information and
go in circles before finally finding somewhere where you can actually ask a
question. You could give people a little credit for not being a bunch of
totally computer illiterate bunch of fools.

I would certainly never speak to my customers that way.

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> Nor have you provided any clue. You must provide the precise steps you used
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 01 Feb 2006 03:25 GMT

You misunderstand peer to peer newsgroups.
It is not my website, nor are you my customer.
It is "extremely frustrating" to have questions posed that contain no
relevant information that would permit an answer.
Do not confuse us with mind readers.

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> The mail merge function was started following the Wizard in both Word and
> Publisher, following the Wizard steps and Mail Merge 101 on your website,
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 01 Feb 2006 05:08 GMT

Then I would try searching groups.google.com first to avoid appearing like
the ingrate you are.

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 01 Feb 2006 14:39 GMT

Did you try what Russ suggested -- starting the merge from Outlook? That's the only way to ensure that all Outlook fields are available.

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> The mail merge function was started following the Wizard in both Word and
> Publisher, following the Wizard steps and Mail Merge 101 on your website,
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