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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / November 2004Hard to get format right
Can anyone help? I am creating a mail merge document through VB6 where a template is used as the target for a data source which is a table in another Word document. The field that will appear with the merged data contains multiple rows of data so I want it to appear as such: data1 data2 data3 If I use the TAB key in the template to place the merge field in the desired position, I get the data appearing correctly aligned (as above). However if I use the space bar, the alignment appears as: data1 data2 data3 I have tried setting the TAB spacing to a very small value in the Format setting of the template, but can the space bar be set so the it 'behaves' like the TAB key so that the alignment will always work? I assume that the person using the program will sometimes use the space bar to position the merge field. Thanking any help in advance. Tim Why don't you locate the merge fields in the template so that the user does not have to do it? Either the tab key, or a paragraph indent is what should be being used. Users need to be taught these things.  SignaturePlease respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Can anyone help? > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Tim Doug, the user will insert the merge fields into the document depending on how they want to format the page. My program will create these fileds but from then on the user will do the rest. I can make the TAB spacing as small as possible to simulate the space bar BUT this means that the user will need to use the TAB bar(I cannot guarantee this). Is there any way to achieve my aim? Tim > Why don't you locate the merge fields in the template so that the user does > not have to do it? [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > > > Tim No, I don't think so. Users need to learn when to use the space bar and when they should use the tab key. If the formatting is up to them, I don't see why you are concerned about it. SignaturePlease respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Doug, the user will insert the merge fields into the document depending on > how they want to format the page. My program will create these fileds but [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] >> > >> > Tim Point taken Doug. I suppose there comes a point where the user must show some initiative/responsibility. Thanks for your help. Tim > No, I don't think so. Users need to learn when to use the space bar and > when they should use the tab key. If the formatting is up to them, I don't [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > >> > > >> > Tim |
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