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Ken - 17 Jun 2004 14:27 GMT

Mergefields in the header or footer don't seem to merge
in a directory type of merge. I just get the name of the
merge field. It works fine in a normal letter type merge.

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Graham Mayor - 18 Jun 2004 10:54 GMT

A directory merge comprises a number of records on the same page - how would
the merge know which record to use in the header?

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> Mergefields in the header or footer don't seem to merge
> in a directory type of merge. I just get the name of the
> merge field. It works fine in a normal letter type merge.

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 18 Jun 2004 17:47 GMT

Hi Ken,

> Mergefields in the header or footer don't seem to merge
> in a directory type of merge. I just get the name of the
> merge field. It works fine in a normal letter type merge.

What Graham said, and...

I've had some luck applying a character style to mergefields
in the document body, then picking this up using a StyleRef
field in the header.

If these mergefields don't appear in your main text, insert
them and format the character style as "hidden". Then be
sure to add the \* CharFormat switch to the StyleRef field
to override the "hidden" formatting.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun
8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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