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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / July 2006Mail merge in Word2003.
I want to hide blank lines when I merge in Word 2003. This was easy in previous versions but now I can't find the option to suppress blank lines. This option is only available in the old Mail Merge, which is still available but rather hidden. Go To Tools > Customize > Commands tab. Select All Commands from the list on the left and then scroll down the list on the right to find "MailMerge". Click and drag this to the Mail Merge toolbar (or anywhere else you fancy) - it will appear as "Merge...". You can then use this (instead of the new buttons) to actually do the merge after you've set it up and will have the "suppress blank lines" option. -- Enjoy, Tony > I want to hide blank lines when I merge in Word 2003. This was easy in > previous versions but now I can't find the option to suppress blank lines. Thanks, Tony .. I'll try that tomorrow. In the end I gave up and used an earlier version of Word in which the merge was simple! :-) > This option is only available in the old Mail Merge, which is still > available but rather hidden. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I want to hide blank lines when I merge in Word 2003. This was easy in > > previous versions but now I can't find the option to suppress blank lines. Just tried that, Tony, but I still didn't get the option to "suppress blank lines". I just got the new sidebar for merging again. Any other ideas? Thanks > This option is only available in the old Mail Merge, which is still > available but rather hidden. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Enjoy, > Tony The option is actually on the old mail merge *helper*, which by default is not on the merge toolbar. What you need to add is all commands > mailmergehelper.  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Just tried that, Tony, but I still didn't get the option to "suppress > blank lines". I just got the new sidebar for merging again. Any [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> Enjoy, >> Tony Thanks, Graham .. that looks promising .. it's good to see the old dialogue box again! :-) > The option is actually on the old mail merge *helper*, which by default is > not on the merge toolbar. What you need to add is all commands > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >> Enjoy, > >> Tony Graham! THANK GOD I FOUND YOU - and "mailmerge helper" ! (Can you tell I just switched from Office 2000 to 2003!) I couldn't filter by several categories? I couldn't do a proper sort? I was looking in all the Office 2003/WORD books at the library. I was thinkin' "No wonder Bill Gates left!" ...but, you helped! I pulled mailmerge helper up to my toolbar and I'm a happy camper. (But I may be back.) M. > The option is actually on the old mail merge *helper*, which by default is > not on the merge toolbar. What you need to add is all commands > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >> Enjoy, > >> Tony Actually, Morisot, I've used Word 2003 a lot for mail merge since my initial problem in January and I've found the "Mail Merge Recipients" window (third icon from the left on the MM Toolbar) very useful in selecting and sorting. Keep going! :-) > Graham! THANK GOD I FOUND YOU - and "mailmerge helper" ! > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > >> Enjoy, > > >> Tony Thanks, aurion22 - The "mail merge recipients" looks like it will come-in handy. Looking forward to exploring a bit more---now that I've found out how to get the old things to work! (Can't figure out why they would bury such a useful feature as the "mailmerge helper.") Thanks, again. M. > Actually, Morisot, I've used Word 2003 a lot for mail merge since my initial > problem in January and I've found the "Mail Merge Recipients" window (third [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > > >> Enjoy, > > > >> Tony Yes, you still get the task pane - but when you come to do the merge itself after you have set it all up, if you use the Merge button you have (now) added instead of the new toolbar buttons or the task pane link - it is at that point that you will get the old option. You can, as Graham says, use the old MailMerge Helper for the whole thing but I prefer to have some of the extra flexibility of the new version whil keeping the old option available as well - the best of both worlds! -- s} > Just tried that, Tony, but I still didn't get the option to "suppress blank > lines". I just got the new sidebar for merging again. Any other ideas? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Enjoy, > > Tony
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