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Rick Stahl - 02 Feb 2006 03:53 GMT

I have a table in Word of a specific size (16 rows x 16 columns; total of
6mm x 9mm) which contains cells (some merged to make larger size cells) that
have many different font formats. This table has a link to Excel and I wish
to mail merge many different fields. My problem is that when I insert
merged fields into my table, the size of the cells change because of the
name of the actual field, not the value. If I manually enter the actual
value there is ample room in the cell and is size does not change. How do I
keep the format of the cell and prevent its size from increasing when I
perform Insert Merge Fields ? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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Graham Mayor - 02 Feb 2006 12:00 GMT

Select the table - then Table > autofit > fixed column width. Then Table >
table properties > row > set row height to an exact figure.

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> I have a table in Word of a specific size (16 rows x 16 columns;
> total of 6mm x 9mm) which contains cells (some merged to make larger
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> the cell and prevent its size from increasing when I perform Insert
> Merge Fields ? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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Rick Stahl - 02 Feb 2006 15:35 GMT

WOW ! Thank you very much; this is exactly what I needed. I greatly
appreciate it ! By the way you have an awesome web page.

> Select the table - then Table > autofit > fixed column width. Then Table >
> table properties > row > set row height to an exact figure.
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>> the cell and prevent its size from increasing when I perform Insert
>> Merge Fields ? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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Graham Mayor - 03 Feb 2006 07:16 GMT

Thanks for those kind comments :)

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> WOW ! Thank you very much; this is exactly what I needed. I greatly
> appreciate it ! By the way you have an awesome web page.
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>>> the cell and prevent its size from increasing when I perform Insert
>>> Merge Fields ? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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