Wrong Fonts when inserting fields

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Steeve Hutchby - 13 Nov 2003 04:14 GMT

Hi,

I created a Word doc with Times New Roman 9pt plain as the
default font.

Using the Mail Merge Wizard I made it a Merge doc.

I matched the fields in the Address Block, inserted it
into the doc and everything worked fine. It inserted as
Times New Roman 9pt plain

I then inserted a different, single field from the More
Items button, but when I previewed, it came in as New
Courier 9pt plain - not desirable.

Any suggestions please.

Regards
SteveH

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 13 Nov 2003 19:34 GMT

Hi Steeve,

Is Courier New the font you get when you start up word and
get a new document, by any chance?

Anyway, the most reliable way to correct this is:
- Alt+F9 to see the field codes
- Delete any \* MergeFormat switch you find in the problem
field
- Insert in a \* CharFormat switch at the end of the field
- Alt+F9 to hide the field codes

Example
{ Mergefield Name \* CharFormat }

> I created a Word doc with Times New Roman 9pt plain as the
> default font.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Items button, but when I previewed, it came in as New
> Courier 9pt plain - not desirable.

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

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