How can I "disable" a record in my data file so that it
does not mail merge but still appears.

What I am really looking for is a way to alter a form I am
currently using by adding fields that can be filled out by
tabbing through the form.  I am having problems with
people altering the original document.

I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out how to
insert information outside the source or data files into a
merged document. I am working with Word 2K in Windows 2K.
All I want to do is insert custom date fields.

I have my default margins (in the template) set to be .5
on bottom and top and 1.25 on left and right. When I merge
my main document (which is also set to .5 and 1.25), the
finished document has margins of 1 on bottom and top. The

Pardon my long message; I have been fighting this all
afternoon :)
I have set up styleref fields in the footer of a
document.  The style the footer references is on page 1;

I would like to use a mergefield to populate a checkbox.  
If the mergefield City=1 then I want the checkbox to be
checked, if not, do not check it.  Is there a way to do
this?

When I merge to word from access and want to access a YES-
NO field from ACCESS, I can not seem to get the right
syntac for doing an IF-THEN in the word merge field codes.
I have tried IF TRUE  then "Yes" (Otherwise) "NO"

I am trying to merge address information along with some
money amounts into a Standard Word 2000 form from Excel
2000.  I go into the mail merge option and select to
create the main document and then select the data source

Hi,  I am trying to create invoices in MS Word 2003
merging with an Access query.  The problem is, instead of
displaying the clients balance as $1,252.50, Word is
displaying the merged field as 1252.5.

I am trying to merge my data from Access into a mail
merge letter in Word. Any idea how to go about it? When I
created my mail merge letter in Word, it created a
database but in Access it just comes under "Office List"

I have a data source of 53 names set up in Excel.  I want
to merge those names into labels in Word... however Word
will only create one page of labels and cuts off the rest
of the names.  I know I can go in manually and add rows,

I need to create some drop down menu list so it is possible to choose some values to be entered in the word document. I tried to use AutoText but that shows other values as well. I need to create it as a combo Box or as a drop down list for a specific values and then when the ...

I have just linked my database with Word 2002. What I am
trying to do is to be able to write one letter and it
automtically put the individuals name, address, etc on
the letter. (So, I don't have to cut and paste.)  Well, I

I am kindof new to the mail merge featured in Outlook, and
currently running Outlook 2002.  For work, I need to
personalize about 100 emails to some testers with a PDF
document attached to it describing how to get to our

I have Word 2000, came bundled with Works Suite on Dell
PC.  I have never used Mail Merge, but when I access the
Tools Menu, the Mail Merge line repeats multiple times.  
Each time I use the Tools menu, the number of lines of