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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / November 2006Mail Merge - Filter and Paging
(1) I am generally OK with Word and can use the filter on Mail merge to select data entries, howevr if I mark an entry in Works Database and tab down to mark in the Mail merge filter. There is nothing I can put in "comparison" or "compare" and I cannot select marked entries. (2) I have used Mail merge to produce 8 pages of mailing labels onto Avery J8160 sheets. The final Word document produces 8 sections not pages, which is extremely inconvenient. I can't undersatnd why this does not behave like a normal Word document, and I have spent alot of time with"page setup" trying to produce 8 pages not sections. Can anyone help? Regards, Alan Blackburn 1. The Works database is only marginally compatible with Word - and even then only if you have the problematic Works add-in installed. You would do better to export the database to a format that Word can use without this crutch - probably dbase format or comma delimited text.. 2. You will not change the behaviour of the merge to produce a document comprising of Pages instead of Sections. In any case there is nothing in the nature of the document that should cause you any problems whatsoever. You can treat the Sections in just the same way as Pages.  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > (1) I am generally OK with Word and can use the filter on Mail merge > to select data entries, however if I mark an entry in Works Database [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > anyone help? > Regards, Alan Blackburn Thank you for your prompt and very helpful reply. Such help for me is invaluable to someone like me. I will try dbase and see if it is better. Works in some ways is historic although I still find some features excellent. Regards, Alan Blackburn > 1. The Works database is only marginally compatible with Word - and even > then only if you have the problematic Works add-in installed. You would do [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > anyone help? > > Regards, Alan Blackburn |
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