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Thought I knew... - 14 Apr 2004 23:56 GMT

I'm attempting to merge and Excel list into Word labels. I've set up my main document to use the same labels I've used in the past in other versions of Word (Avery 2160). When I view the document, there are only four labels there. I've made sure the page size is 8.5 by 11, so whay do I only get a few labels rather than the 30 that should automatically appear? I've run the merge, just to see what would happen, and, sure enough, only four labels in the left column and then a page break. I've search the help files and tried all the tweaking I can think of. I have done this hundreds of times in earlier versions with no hitches. What am I missing
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Peter Jamieson - 15 Apr 2004 10:42 GMT

If you open the mail merge main document (containing the label layout) and
press Alt-F9 to reveal the field codes, do you see field codes in all the
table cells or just the first four labels in the left-hand column? Even if
you see the field codes in all the table cells, could you have (for example)
formatted some of the table cells as having white text? (Seems a bit
unlikely, but you never know!)

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> I'm attempting to merge and Excel list into Word labels. I've set up my main document to use the same labels I've used in the past in other versions

of Word (Avery 2160). When I view the document, there are only four labels
there. I've made sure the page size is 8.5 by 11, so whay do I only get a
few labels rather than the 30 that should automatically appear? I've run the
merge, just to see what would happen, and, sure enough, only four labels in
the left column and then a page break. I've search the help files and tried
all the tweaking I can think of. I have done this hundreds of times in
earlier versions with no hitches. What am I missing?

> Thanks

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