Hi there I have a database which I am mail merging from and then emailing the
results. The problem I have is that each client listed in the database has 5
results. An example of the end result in the database would be something like
this.
idResult idCategory idSupplier idProduct idEmail
1 Flowers Flower Shop Red Flowers email@email.com
2 Trees Flower Shop Blue Trees email@email.com
3 Flowers Flower Shop Pink Flowers email@email.com
4 Shrubs Flower Shop Pink Shrubs email@email.com
5 Shrubs Flower Shop Blue Shrubs email@email.com
When I create the mail merge it creates a seperate email for each result, so
if I have 10 customers it creates 50 emails.
I beleive that the Microsoft Help file called "How to use mail merge to
create a list sorted by category in Word" is the way for me to go, but I dont
understand the whole process.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211303/
a) To test the idea I created a database called db1.mdb in Access and then
named the following.
Primary Key: id
Field City
Field Employee
Filed Sales
Field Category
I then started up word to create a letter, started mail merge, then looked
up the database when asked for. Then I pasted the following into the Word
document.
{ IF { MERGESEQ } = "1" "{ MERGEFIELD CITY }¶
" "" }{ SET Place1 { MERGEFIELD CITY }}¶
{ If { Place2 } <> { Place1 }"¶
{ MERGEFIELD CITY }¶
¶
{ MERGEFIELD EMPLOYEE } { MERGEFIELD SALES }" "{ MERGEFIELD EMPLOYEE } {
MERGEFIELD SALES }" }{ SET Place2 { MERGEFIELD CITY }}¶
Then clicked NEXt to view the document and of course nothing happens.
Can someone give me some pointers on what I need to do to get this happening.
Have been trying to sort this mail merge issue for months now.
TA
Mally
Graham Mayor - 05 Feb 2007 14:13 GMT
Read the answer to the same question you posted less than an hour ago - and
have some patience. It can take several hours to get a response.

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> Hi there I have a database which I am mail merging from and then
> emailing the
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> TA
> Mally
Peter Jamieson - 05 Feb 2007 14:15 GMT
You should be able to see my reply to your previous post by now.
Peter Jamieson
> Hi there I have a database which I am mail merging from and then emailing
> the
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> TA
> Mally