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guy - 16 Jun 2005 21:12 GMT

I need help.
My main and source documents are both in 12pt.
When I merge them, 3 of the 6 merge fields come in at 11pt making my letter
look odd.
If I try to manually edit each letter and thn look back at the previous page
it has changed itself back to 11pt.
HELP

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Peter Jamieson - 17 Jun 2005 10:46 GMT

First, use alt-F9 to view the underlying field codes ({ MERGEFIELD myfield }
etc.) and delete any

\*Mergeformat

switches.

Then try again. If you are still seeing problems, try inserting

\*Charformat

switches instead, and ensuring you format the beginning of your fields with
the font size etc. that you want (i.e. format the M in MERGEFIELD and any
space between the { and the M )

Peter Jamieson

>I need help.
> My main and source documents are both in 12pt.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> it has changed itself back to 11pt.
> HELP

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 17 Jun 2005 10:49 GMT

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Z3V5?=,

> My main and source documents are both in 12pt.
> When I merge them, 3 of the 6 merge fields come in at 11pt making my letter
> look odd.
> If I try to manually edit each letter and thn look back at the previous page
> it has changed itself back to 11pt.

Press Alt+F9 to toggle the field codes on. Type a \* CharFormat switch at the
end of each one, and if there's a \* Mergeformat switch, remove it. Roughly:
{ Mergefield LastName \* CharFormat }

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

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