Mailmerge inserting empty pages within the document

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Junaid - 12 Dec 2003 21:41 GMT

Hi everyone,
I'm using MS Word 2000 and trying to Mail merge a document with a
tab-delimited text file. The master document consists of a big table and
nested tables inside. There are only 4 fields inserted in the document and
it is one page long.

When I execute the mailmerge command, MS Word inserts a blank page after
every iteration of the merge process. The blank pages are not visible but
the page count shows double of what the pages that display. When I print the
document, then I actually get those blank pages. I tried to print preview
and navigate through pages but Word complains that it cannot repaginate the
document.

Any clues? I would appreciate any help.

Thanks
Junaid

Reply to this Message

Peter Jamieson - 13 Dec 2003 06:29 GMT

First, check File|Page Setup and ensure that the mail merge main document is
not set up with a Section Start type "Even Page" or "Odd Page" (it should be
"New Page"), and that Mirror margins is not checked.

--
Peter Jamieson - Word MVP

> Hi everyone,
> I'm using MS Word 2000 and trying to Mail merge a document with a
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> Thanks
> Junaid

Reply to this Message

Junaid - 15 Dec 2003 15:05 GMT

Thanks Peter. Everything was fine except the "mirror margins" was checked.
Unchecking that did the trick. I appreciate your help.

Junaid

> First, check File|Page Setup and ensure that the mail merge main document is
> not set up with a Section Start type "Even Page" or "Odd Page" (it should be
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
> > Thanks
> > Junaid

Reply to this Message