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MS Office Forum / Word / Page Layout / February 2004Word XP
I need to divide an 8.5 x 11 page into 3 equal rows. Each row is actually a receipt to be sent to different customers with merged data including date, dollar amount, account #, name and mailing address. I know how to do merges but I cannot get 3 differnt groups of data on the 3 different receipts. I also cannot seem to find a way to divide the page into 3 rows except using tables or columns. Cannot find a way to divide the page. Does anyone know if this can be done and how? I will be forever in somebody's debt if they can figure this out. PS: I am going absolutely bananas trying to do this and have said a lot of cruel things about Word. WordPerfect was so much easier and logical. Help, help, help. Hi Kate - When you set up your merge document, set it up as labels and make a custom label format that puts three large labels on the page - 3.5" x 8" if you're talking dividing the page horizontally or 2.5" x 10.5" if you're talking about dividing vertically - actual size you use depends on what your printer's print margins are. Your data should merge with no problem, and give you three different records on each page. Cheers. - Steve > I need to divide an 8.5 x 11 page into 3 equal rows. > Each row is actually a receipt to be sent to different [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > have said a lot of cruel things about Word. WordPerfect > was so much easier and logical. Help, help, help. Have you tried dividing into Columns? Format > Columns > choose the column type and in the "apply to:" pop down menu, choose "This Point Forward". Andre Da Costa Jamaica W.I. > I need to divide an 8.5 x 11 page into 3 equal rows. > Each row is actually a receipt to be sent to different [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > have said a lot of cruel things about Word. WordPerfect > was so much easier and logical. Help, help, help. Steve's suggestion is probably the simplest, and this uses tables to split the document, which is the correct way forward. A table is merely a method of marking the document into separate columns and you need only three cells to the page, which is what a custom label format would do. By using a custom label the mailing label merge will do all the work of building the separate documents for you, though you could build it all by hand and use NEXT fields on the second and third columns to force the next record information.  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP E-mail gmayor@mvps.org Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> > I need to divide an 8.5 x 11 page into 3 equal rows. > Each row is actually a receipt to be sent to different [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > have said a lot of cruel things about Word. WordPerfect > was so much easier and logical. Help, help, help. |
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