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April B. - 01 Jun 2007 00:04 GMT

I am trying to create a directory... so I set up how I want it to look in
Word, then created a Mail Merge database. When I go to merge the db with the
document (the directory I created), the data is successfully entered into the
fields I want, but it's like Word does not recognize my last «Next Record»
and just sort of merges one field of info with the next at the bottom of the
page. Up until that point, everything looks good.

How am I supposed to indicate that when the page ends, Word needs to input
the next record onto the next page?

(I am a beginner so don't know how to word this exactly - thanks for your
help!)

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Graham Mayor - 01 Jun 2007 10:30 GMT

There are three principle types of merge available to Word
- Letter , which puts everything pertaining to the record on a new page
- Directory, which puts repeats everything on the page immediately after the
previous record
- Labels, which puts each record in the next cell of a table.
Normally only the label merge uses the next record field.
If you want each record on a new page. Set the document type to 'Letter'.
Word cannot readily mix merge types.

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> I am trying to create a directory... so I set up how I want it to
> look in Word, then created a Mail Merge database. When I go to merge
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> (I am a beginner so don't know how to word this exactly - thanks for
> your help!)

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