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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / May 2007How do I mail merge onto 4-up postcards?
I'm using Avery 8387 and want to mail merge addresses 4 per page, one on each postcard. I have a template for 2-up that allows for this, but can't find one for 4-up. How do I set this up? I've been an Adobe junkie for many years, and am presently learning more features of the Office suite. Help, please! CJP In the label options dialog, select the 8387 - Post Card from the list of Avery standard Label products. For more information, see the article "Mailmerge Labels with Word XP" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website at http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm  SignatureHope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP > I'm using Avery 8387 and want to mail merge addresses 4 per page, one on > each [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > CJP Tremendously helpful, thanks so much! CJP > In the label options dialog, select the 8387 - Post Card from the list of > Avery standard Label products. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > CJP I'd like to piggyback on this series if I may. I'm using 4-up postcards and can get the mail merge to work on a blank postcard (i.e., one w/o text from me). However, I want to type info on the left of the card and mail merge the addresses in the usual (mid to lower right) of the cards. What happens is I get an error message: "You cannot include DATA, NEXT, NEXTIF, or SKIPIF fields in comments, headers, footers, footnotes, or endnotes." I've tried using tabs, text boxes, etc. Cannot get it to work. Would appreciate any help you could provide. I read all thru Mayor's website and cannot find this problem adressed. > Tremendously helpful, thanks so much! > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > > > CJP I'd like to piggyback on this series if I may. I'm using 4-up postcards and can get the mail merge to work on a blank postcard (i.e., one w/o text from me). However, I want to type info on the left of the card and mail merge the addresses in the usual (mid to lower right) of the cards. What happens is I get an error message: "You cannot include DATA, NEXT, NEXTIF, or SKIPIF fields in comments, headers, footers, footnotes, or endnotes." I've tried using tabs, text boxes, etc. Cannot get it to work. Would appreciate any help you could provide. I read all thru Mayor's website and cannot find this problem addressed (no pun intended). > In the label options dialog, select the 8387 - Post Card from the list of > Avery standard Label products. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > CJP Why the second post? The simplest solution is probably to treat the merge as a letter merge rather than a label merge, but starting with the label layout. Divide each of the four postcards into two (the table drawing tool is perhaps the simplest solution) and then treat each pair of cells as one postcard. Put your data as required in the left and right cells of the 'card' and put a NEXT record field at the start of the second, third and fourth cards only (in the left cell). If you are merging to both sides of the card you'll need to revise your data file - http://www.gmayor.com/duplex_merge_data.htm Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > I'd like to piggyback on this series if I may. I'm using 4-up > postcards and can get the mail merge to work on a blank postcard [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>> >>> CJP I apologize for the second post... I'm new to these forums and thought the first post would only go to CJP and nobody else would see it. Thanks so much.... it works perfectly. One add'l question: Can I also get it to print postal bar codes? I know how to do that for envelopes and labels but don't see an option for it in MM. Thanks again. > Why the second post? > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > >>> > >>> CJP The barcode produced by Word is POSTNET. The USPS no longer accepts that format for bulk mail discounts -- see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897290. You might as well not use the barcode feature at all. - but if you insist insert a barcode field. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > I apologize for the second post... I'm new to these forums and > thought the first post would only go to CJP and nobody else would see [quoted text clipped - 71 lines] >>>>> >>>>> CJP |
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