I want to set up a labels with the mergefields separated by tabs, but when I hit the tab key, it jumps to the next cell. Any way around this?

I have recently converted to Word XP and am experiencing a problem with printing to output from a mail merge
The problem is that in print preview I am able to see all the records that came out of the merge
When I print, the first line from all pages other than page 1 dont print out

In Word 2002, I need to do a merge as described in KB Article 105888 (How to
Merge Conditional Number of Records to the Same Page). This article says
that it is for Word 97 only. I searched and can't find a similar help for
Word 2002. Will this procedure work in 2002? If not, how ...

I recently changed my word processor from Word Perfect to
Word (Office 2000) and my mail program from Eudora to
Outlook Express.  I need to maintain several address books
with different lists for mail merge and email.  I put all

I'm trying to create a catalog using the mail merge function in Word form Excel
Example: In Excel the date display as 4/5 after the merge is displays at 4/5/0
If it were only one or two records I'd just go through and change them by hand, but I can't change 2,000 dates
Is there a ...

I remember reading somewhere in Word 2003, that if the NAME etc in a DATA file was blank you can set an option to replace that blank field to read "Dear Sir or Madam".  Can anyone help with this annoying thing!  Thanks

1.      I am using fill in and/or ask in a form template. I need it to retain some of the variables entered in the first of each batch and then retain them if they are changed again. there are five fill in fields. the date may or may not change and the study may or may not change ...

I'm trying to merge from a large table and then use mail merge recipients
window to set up filtering of the table. This way I don't have to write a
query for each separate merge. The problem is that Word will not keep my
settings. It usually tries to add an or statement into the mix ...

1.   How do I create a field that, when left blank, will insert the value last used in that field? This will occur sometimes but not always in a batch of forms. I want to be able to enter or not enter into some fields. where there is no new information, i want the old info to ...

I was trying to use the mail merge function for drafting
letters.  I am using an excel spreadsheet as a data source
for this merge.  However, when I perform mail merge, the
formatting of currency and numbers do not appear as it

I recently upgraded to Office 2003.  When I open a mail-
merge document, it presents a dialog box "Opening this
document will run the following SQL command: . . . Do you
want to continue".  This is causing problems with some

When mail merging I use a query from an Access database.When I ask WORD to
list the queries it only list around half the numbers, but all tables. Is
there any way I can increase the listed number? - I have tried to make a new
query - but it does not show either.

With Word 2003, Access 2003. I'm using Word mailmerge to
create a catalog with an Access query as the datasource.  
One of the fields in the Access query has the "Ole
Object" datatype and contains a GIF.  After the merge,

On my old computer with Windows 98 I installed Works 4.5a.
then whilst in Word I could mail merge my address book to
print out labels.
I purchased a new computer with XP and transfered my

I've setup a mailmerge where Excel is the datasource. The data that's in Excel is passed though via a mainframe. One of the fields (DOB) isn't formatted and is formatted as YYYYMMDD. I'm aware that you can apply switches via the mergefield in word (Alt+F9) but I can't seem to get ...