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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / September 2008Mailmerge counter in Word 2003, broken in SP3 (truncated to 2 digi
Since SP3, the record number displayed in the mail merge tool bar is truncated to 2 digits. If you enter record number 145 the correct record is merged but the box shows record number to be 14. As you step through the records it will change to 15 when you reach record number 150. The box is wide enough to accommodate 4 or 5 digits. This worked fine prior to SP3. David This error was reported to Microsoft a couple of weeks ago or so. No idea if/when it will be fixed.  SignaturePeter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk > Since SP3, the record number displayed in the mail merge tool bar is > truncated to 2 digits. If you enter record number 145 the correct record [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields If? they are going to fix it? Considering it's something that used to work and then they broke it in SP3, it should certainly be near the top of their list of things to do (IMHO). It's hard to believe that I'm the only one affected by this. Doesn't anyone else mail merge with more than 99 records? Why don't I see other entries about this? Thanks, David > This error was reported to Microsoft a couple of weeks ago or so. No idea > if/when it will be fixed. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields > If? they are going to fix it? I don't work for microsoft so cannot know exactly what their plans are. I would hope they would fix it, but there are other reported, unfixed errors out there. > It's hard to believe that I'm the only one affected by this. Doesn't > anyone > else mail merge with more than 99 records? I think you are the third person to have raised this point in this group. SInce it's a fairly new problem, that counts as quite a lot of people given the amount of traffic in this group. I certainly hope the people who use the Microsoft communities pages to read these posts will vote for your suggestion. SignaturePeter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk > If? they are going to fix it? > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> > >> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields Your definitely not alone. I do a monthly mailer of about 2500 business reply cards. Only the first two digits show. So if I am looking at record # 1569, I only see the number 15. I noticed this last month but had some other issues to deal with before searching for a fix. My printer can only handle 500 pages at a time so I depend on this display to keep my place in the print run. In the grand scheme of things this may be a small issue but it annoys me when an update breaks features that previously worked. I will be watching for a fix. Thanks > > If? they are going to fix it? > [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > >> > > >> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields You're not alone. I use this display every day in my job. I merge 500+ records multiple times a week. It is very frustrating that it doesn't work anymore when it used to. I depend on this display. I don't want to have to merge to new document to see if the correct number of documents will print before I choose to merge to printer. Merging to new document takes forever when there are hundreds to merge. I sure hope they fix this soon! > Your definitely not alone. I do a monthly mailer of about 2500 business > reply cards. Only the first two digits show. So if I am looking at record # [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > > >> > > > >> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields I've installed SP3 yesterday morning and since then, I also only see the two first digits! This is VERY frustrating as I mailmerge more than 50,000 letters every day (I own a mailing company). This function is essential to me and I really hope to get it back working as soon as possible. > You're not alone. I use this display every day in my job. I merge 500+ > records multiple times a week. It is very frustrating that it doesn't work [quoted text clipped - 79 lines] > > > >> > > > > >> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields Is it too late to go back to the previous version, e.g. using Windows XP's System Restore facility? (Not that I find that completely reliable). SignaturePeter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk > I've installed SP3 yesterday morning and since then, I also only see the > two [quoted text clipped - 114 lines] >> > > >> > >> > > >> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields Honestly, I don't believe in this System Restore - if even applicable on a Service Pack. Maybe for a simple update, not for a Service Pack. The guys at Microsoft will probably tell you that it is possible, but the same guys told us that the SP3 would solve many problems - as far as I'm concerned, it's a lot worse since the installation... You can uninstall Office entirely and then install it again - without SP3 of course. However, it is impossible for me to stay like this with only the two first numbers. In my print room, we are 4 people and merge together between 60,000 and 300,000 pages every day !! I'll find a cleaner solution myself in the next few days but right now, here is my proposal : in a corner of the document, you put a little text box and inside, the field "merge record #" (MERGEREC). Then, in the font attributes, you select this field and you make it "hidden". It won't print on the document, but you can see it on the screen and verify the record number easily. I recommend to put this field in a text box, so that the general layout of your page doesn't move and is not modified. Besides, it is much more secure : if you select the whole document to apply a font modification, there could be the risk that the formatting changes and the field becomes apparent, I mean printed on the paper. This will not happen when placed in a text box. I hope that this is clear enough (I'm sorry for my English, I'm french speaking). I'm already working with this new solution. Emmanuel. > Is it too late to go back to the previous version, e.g. using Windows XP's > System Restore facility? (Not that I find that completely reliable). [quoted text clipped - 117 lines] > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields Unfortunately, I am having the same problem using SP2 and Word 2003 Paula > Honestly, I don't believe in this System Restore - if even applicable on a > Service Pack. Maybe for a simple update, not for a Service Pack. The guys at [quoted text clipped - 146 lines] > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields Unfortunately, this is also happening in Word 2003 using SP2. Paula > Honestly, I don't believe in this System Restore - if even applicable on a > Service Pack. Maybe for a simple update, not for a Service Pack. The guys at [quoted text clipped - 146 lines] > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields Emmanuel, I want you to know that I tried your suggestion and it works beautifully for me. I've been using it now for about 2 months and have had no problems. Thanks for the very helpful suggestion. >..., here > is my proposal : in a corner of the document, you put a little text box and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the risk that the formatting changes and the field becomes apparent, I mean > printed on the paper. This will not happen when placed in a text box. I've noticed this past week that it appears Microsoft has fixed this problem. Probably an automatic recent update fixed this. I'm glad. > Since SP3, the record number displayed in the mail merge tool bar is > truncated to 2 digits. If you enter record number 145 the correct record is [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields > I've noticed this past week that it appears Microsoft has fixed this problem. > Probably an automatic recent update fixed this. I'm glad. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields Yes, this works for us now also since some update from Microsoft. Paula > I've noticed this past week that it appears Microsoft has fixed this problem. > Probably an automatic recent update fixed this. I'm glad. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e2f60898-8e41-4 8c4-b19b-c2fa534d1993&dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields |
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