> 1. Does the mail merge feature work in Text boxes also or how do you
> create a "field" to use w/ a mail merge?
Text boxes are in the drawing layer of the document and work unpredictably.
They are best avoided as containers for merge fields. use frames or table
cells instead.
> 2. Does the formatting of a field or text box matter in the merge
> process? (E.g. if I have a name field that is set to a specific and
> large font type, but then an address field at different font size or
> color, does this limit the merge abililty? And will the properties of
> the data moving over keep the formatting properties of the cell in
> Excel or take the field properties from Word?)
From Word 2002, the formatting is that provided by Word - you may find
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm useful.
> 3. What are the steps to create the mail merge once I have the
> "fields" set the way I want them in Word? I tried walking through the
> wizard but wasn't clear to me how to select a field in Word and then
> map the data from the Excel source.
The essence of merges generally is covered at
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm

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