"Propigate" merge label changes in Word 2000

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nsnews.microsoft.com - 05 Nov 2003 13:56 GMT

In Word 2003, there is a "Propigate" labels button. If I create a label,
then change/add a merge field after the main document shows a page of
labels, I can press the button to change all the labels on the page.

How do I do this in Word 2000?

Thank you

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 05 Nov 2003 16:31 GMT

Hi Nsnews.microsoft.com,

> In Word 2003, there is a "Propigate" labels button. If I create a label,
> then change/add a merge field after the main document shows a page of
> labels, I can press the button to change all the labels on the page.
>
> How do I do this in Word 2000?

The hard way :-) This feature was introduced in Word 2002. Prior to that
version you have to copy the first label and paste into all the other
labels. Carefully NOT pasting over (= deleting) the NEXT field at the
beginning of those other labels.

Or, change the second label and copy/paste to the following ones. Then make
sure to NOT include the NEXT field at the beginning of the second label,
and copy/paste back to the first one.

This is the ONE thing I unreservedly like about the changed mail merge
interface in Word 2002 :-)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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