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cityclerk - 26 Oct 2007 22:08 GMT

I have completed my data source but when I open my letter and try to merge
the data source I get an "invalid merge field" and it won't merge into the
letter. what have I done wrong and how can it be fixed.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 26 Oct 2007 23:03 GMT

See the article "Creating a Mail Merge Data Source" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/CreateADataSource.htm

and

See the article "How to create a Mail Merge" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/CreateAMailMerge.htm

If you can't see what you have done is causing the problem, post back with
the names of the merge fields in the data source, exactly as they are
entered into that file.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

>I have completed my data source but when I open my letter and try to merge
> the data source I get an "invalid merge field" and it won't merge into the
> letter. what have I done wrong and how can it be fixed.

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