Why are my merge fields in WORD surrounded by a ghosted rectangle. And why
does this rectangular print. It never used to ....how to avoid?
If when you say "ghosted rectangle", you mean a shaded background, it
indicates:
1. That under Tools>Options>View the Field Shading is set to be
displayed.
2. You are not actually executing the merge, but merely printing a
preview of results in the mailmerge main document

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> Why are my merge fields in WORD surrounded by a ghosted rectangle. And why
> does this rectangular print. It never used to ....how to avoid?