How do I revert to the first record in a merge document in Word?

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d291173 - 19 Jan 2005 00:47 GMT

I am doing a merge document in Word, in which I need to use the same merge
data in more than one instance. I need to know how to return to the start of
the merge data for the second (and subsequent uses) of it in my document.

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Doug Robbins - 19 Jan 2005 02:09 GMT

It is not possible to move backwards through the data source. Explain in
more detail just what you are trying to do and we might be able to suggest a
way of doing it.

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>I am doing a merge document in Word, in which I need to use the same merge
> data in more than one instance. I need to know how to return to the start
> of
> the merge data for the second (and subsequent uses) of it in my document.

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d291173 - 19 Jan 2005 03:13 GMT

I'm merging from a list in a spreadsheet. At the beginning of the document, I
want to reference a couple of fields as a sort of an extract, which can be
used to refer to a later part of the document which holds more detailed
information (ie more fields from the spreadsheet)

Put simply, I want to merge a limited number of fields from all records
early in the document and then a larger proportion later.

Does this help?

> It is not possible to move backwards through the data source. Explain in
> more detail just what you are trying to do and we might be able to suggest a
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> > of
> > the merge data for the second (and subsequent uses) of it in my document.

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Doug Robbins - 19 Jan 2005 10:16 GMT

You have not explained why all the fields cannot be merged at the one time.
It would help if you gave a more complete description of the initial fields
and their purpose and of the later fields and their purpose. Or are you
talking about a "multiple items per condition" type application?

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> I'm merging from a list in a spreadsheet. At the beginning of the
> document, I
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>> > the merge data for the second (and subsequent uses) of it in my
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