how to swap field positions in mail merge

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Thicko - 09 Aug 2006 21:24 GMT

I am trying to swap the name positions of data in readiness for a mail merge.
Although they look ok in the preview, when they prit to screen they swap.
Where are the settings to overcome this annoying little incident

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Peter Jamieson - 09 Aug 2006 21:40 GMT

This isn't usual behaviour. Are they inside text boxes or frames? Can you
use Alt-F9 to view the underlying field codes (they look like { MERGEFIELD
myfield } and make sure they look correct, and do not have "\m" (without the
quotes) iin them.

Which version of Word? What is the data source?

Peter Jamieson

>I am trying to swap the name positions of data in readiness for a mail
>merge.
> Although they look ok in the preview, when they prit to screen they swap.
> Where are the settings to overcome this annoying little incident

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 09 Aug 2006 21:47 GMT

Are you using the AddressBlock field? If so, instead of doing that, just
insert the individual merge fields in the configuration that you want.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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