I have created a database to do mailings and envelopes. My boss would also
like a one or two page list showing all the folks the letter was sent to,
along with some other information from the database. I created a word
document to put this in. I use the directory function to run the merge,
however, when I run the merge, the titles of my columns come up on each
record (rather than being one long table with only one heading).
To help visualize, my word doc "directory" is set up like so:
NAME ADDRESS SCHOOL
<name> <address block> <school>
When I do the merge, it comes out like this
NAME ADDRESS SCHOOL
John Doe 123 Anywhere St. Univ. of MD
Anytown, MD 12345
NAME ADDRESS SCHOOL
Jim Beam 456 Anywhere St. Univ. of MD
Anytown, MD 12345
NAME ADDRESS SCHOOL
Jack Daniels 111 Malt Lane Penn State
Anytown, MD 12345
But what I want is this:
NAME ADDRESS SCHOOL
John Doe 123 Anywhere St. Univ. of MD
Anytown, MD 12345
Jim Beam 456 Anywhere St. Univ. of MD
Anytown, MD 12345
Jack Daniels 111 Malt Lane Penn State
Anytown, MD 12345
I tried to remedy this problem by taking the column titles out and making
them a "header" in word, however, now there is a space between the header
and the first record. I can't get figure out how to get rid of the space.
(I could send an example if anyone would like to see what I mean)
Maybe there is a totally different way using reports in access, but I
couldn't figure it out, because my name and address fields are all separate
fields.
TIA,
Jo
Jo4321 - 17 Oct 2007 14:35 GMT
Well, I see my little visual didn't come out right, and then I realized that
my table is set up that the first field is the entire address block, not name
separated from address
NAME/ADDRESS SCHOOL DATE ATTENDING
<address block> <school> <date>
Peter Jamieson - 17 Oct 2007 16:35 GMT
Either
a. do the merge, then add the heading row manually at the end or
b. enable Word's Databaase menu and insert the data using a DATABASE field
(but you will either need the address to be in a single field in your Access
database, or to create an Access query that joins the pieces of address into
a single field, or to modify Word's Database field SQL to do that).

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> Well, I see my little visual didn't come out right, and then I realized
> that
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> NAME/ADDRESS SCHOOL DATE ATTENDING
> <address block> <school> <date>
Jo4321 - 17 Oct 2007 21:37 GMT
Thank you. I can't believe the answer was so obvious! I added the heading
row manually.
Jo
> Either
> a. do the merge, then add the heading row manually at the end or
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> > NAME/ADDRESS SCHOOL DATE ATTENDING
> > <address block> <school> <date>