Why does a space precede the name in the address block?

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squirrelly - 18 Apr 2006 22:10 GMT

When I review my mailmerge document in WORD 2002, a space appears before the
recipients first name in the ADDRESS BLOCK. I have tried everything to
remove it but have not been successful. If I edit each letter I can delete
the space but I would not want to do that with a large number of letters.
Because of this space, the greeting is wrong because the name is not
recognized. I would appreciate a solution.

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Peter Jamieson - 18 Apr 2006 22:19 GMT

Generall speaking you are better off not using the Address block, although
the alternative is often more complex:

use individual fields, e.g.

{ MERGEFIELD FirstName }{ MERGEFIELD MifddleInitial \b " " }{ MERGEFIELD
LastName \b " " }

and so on.

Peter Jamieson

> When I review my mailmerge document in WORD 2002, a space appears before
> the
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> Because of this space, the greeting is wrong because the name is not
> recognized. I would appreciate a solution.

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squirrelly - 19 Apr 2006 15:17 GMT

Peter, thank you for your reply. I do not understand how to do what you have
suggested. Where can I find more information so I can learn how to do this?

> Generall speaking you are better off not using the Address block, although
> the alternative is often more complex:
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> > Because of this space, the greeting is wrong because the name is not
> > recognized. I would appreciate a solution.

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Peter Jamieson - 19 Apr 2006 16:02 GMT

See Graham Mayor's page at:

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

Peter Jamieson

> Peter, thank you for your reply. I do not understand how to do what you
> have
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>> > Because of this space, the greeting is wrong because the name is not
>> > recognized. I would appreciate a solution.

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squirrelly - 24 Apr 2006 15:32 GMT

This has been an eye-opening experience. I had no idea such wonderful help
existed. Thank you so much and God Bless you.

> See Graham Mayor's page at:
>
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> >> > Because of this space, the greeting is wrong because the name is not
> >> > recognized. I would appreciate a solution.

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