What I Do:
I use Mail Merge wizard to generate labels from the MS
Access queries I generate from MS Acess Tables.
I export from MS Access to a Mail Merge Word file.  I open

I am using word merge/Macros to print to a file and I would like to use data from the document as the new file name.  Is there a way to set that up as a variable
Ex:  Original Document has an ID.  I would like for the macro to use that ID as the file name for the new doc.

Has anyone had any problems using the InsertText field?
Specifically our organization recently abandoned the
master document feature to use the InsertText field
instead. In the beginning it worked fine, but as we start

We have a template letter as a doc file with a dat file
providing a mail merge- this being populated from third
party software.
The template letter contains macros and forms, which we

I am running Word 2000 along with Access 2000 (with
Windows 98se).  I have a simple address database in Access
(FirstName, LastName, Street, Zip, etc.) and want to
create tables in Word by merging (or "insert database").  

Dear:
I get following error during mail merge and locks up vb program.
"this action cannot be completed because then other application is busy.
Choose 'switch to' to activate the busy application and correct the problem"

I am merging a letter.  I "Start from existing document"
then click on "More files."  I would like to delete some
of the documents from "More files."  How do I do this?
Thank you for your help.

When I tried to merge two fields that have multiple lines with '\n' (new
line control code), I got the following error:
"Data fields must be separated from each other by a character called a field
delimiter. Similarly, data records must be separated by a record delimiter.

I created a mail merge document in Word that incorporates form controls - dropdown and text boxes.  After I merge my datasource with the merge document, those controls disappear.  How can I keep my form controls after I've merged the document?

Bit of a weird one that i cant get my head around. I have an excel spreadsheet that I'm using for data capture. I've a word document that I've got a letter in and have inserted merge fields that it picks up from the excel file. It all works just fine so so no worries there. ...

iM TRYING TO MAILMERGE INFO FROM EXCELL WHEN I GO THROUGH
THE PROCESS THE LABELS SAY NEXT RECORD INSTEAD OF DESIRED
INFO,     PLEASE ADVISE

I need help calculating a number in a Word 2003 mail
merge.  I have a date for when an individual starts
working, I need to merge the date and have it give me how
many years they have worked.

I want to make a form field format to a phone number,
(###) ###-####.  i have a fax cover sheet template and
want to only enter in the numbers and have word put in the
dashes and parenthesies.  Any help would be greatly

I am merging from access. I have created a query and used
calculations. I've formatted the calculated fields to
display as a percentage with no decimal places. When
opening the query the formatting works. When I merge to

I am having problems printing labels out. Despite following the correct procedure for creating mail merge labels the printouts are often out of sync. The first column may be as intended but as the job continues the layout becomes more and more out of sync. How can this be ...