Catalog mail merge causing section breaks in Word 2003.

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pan353 - 23 Aug 2004 15:08 GMT

I created an automated process of mail merge that worked fine in Word
2000 and 2002. However, once I tested it out in Word 2003, section
breaks appeared. Now after every detail record, there is a section
break. Help!

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Graham Mayor - 23 Aug 2004 18:08 GMT

A mailmerge that produces a form letter type of document will produce a
section break after each record.

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> I created an automated process of mail merge that worked fine in Word
> 2000 and 2002. However, once I tested it out in Word 2003, section
> breaks appeared. Now after every detail record, there is a section
> break. Help!

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 23 Aug 2004 18:17 GMT

Hi Pan353,

Sounds as if this is no longer recognized as a catalog (Word 2003 calls
these "directories") type of mail merge. Are you certain it's still
marked as "Directory" type, and not "letter"?

How about if you set up a test merge with a new document?

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pan353 - 25 Aug 2004 15:25 GMT

Oops! that's correct I needed to code in the mailmerge as a Directory
type merge. Apparently it wasn't a problem in Word 2000 or Word 2002.

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