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MS T - 28 Mar 2008 17:32 GMT

i have a list of over 2500 names that i need to make into labels. i created a
table database of the info in word 2007, and am trying to use that as my
existing list. it works up til i try to 'preview' the labels. thats when i
get this error message: YOU CANNOT INSERT DATA, NEXT, NEXTIF, OR SKIPIF
FIELDS INSIDE OTHER FIELDS. Then only one name shows up, and thats in the
first label. i did the exact same thing with another, shorter list, and it
worked like a charm. whats wrong here?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 28 Mar 2008 23:25 GMT

With the mail merge main document as the active document, what do you see
when you use Alt+F9 to toggle on the display of the field codes?

See where what you are doing differs from the information in the article
"Mail Merge to Labels with Word XP" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website at

http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

>i have a list of over 2500 names that i need to make into labels. i created
>a
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> first label. i did the exact same thing with another, shorter list, and it
> worked like a charm. whats wrong here?

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