The salutation field is being overlooked. When the letters are merged, the
first name field is being used instead. Eg.: Dear Dianne Jackson instead of
Dear Dianne. How do I fix this?

I am trying to merge a word document with data fields from a SQL database via
a webbased program.  
I am able to pull data fields without a problem; however, when I try to
perform an if statement, or a skip if, it does not work.

Since upgrading to Office 2003 I can't get mail merge to labels in Word to
work properly - using either Excel or Access data sources. I follow the
detailed instructions in help but Word only merges the first two labels for
printing, even though the other records are visible when ...

I'm trying to create an address labels document using data from my website.
I've created a text file online but when I type the URL it says "document
name is not valid, check the path etc etc". When I save the file to my PC it
works file. If i load the URL as a new document ...

Are there any MVPs out there who can produce a registry patch for this.
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following subkey:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions

I just upgraded from Office 2000 Pro to Office XP Pro.  I have applied all
the patches for both Windows XP and Office XP.
I have several dozen MS Word mailmerge documents using a MS Access DB (on
the same computer, but different disk drive letter) as the data source.  I've

I am using an Excel spreadsheet for my mail merge into Word.
How can I get Word to print only the first character of a field?  I have had
a look at the switches in the help files but can't find what I'm looking
for.

We have just upgraded to Word 2003 - how do we print a copy of the data
source from a mail merge document?  In Word 2000 we could do it through "view
data source"??

Shouldn't the return address fit if you choose the label you're using?  It
keeps coming out too big for the labels!
Help

I'm trying to mail-merge to labels.
I either get only the first item in my source, or I get complete blanks (but
with line returns) when I merge.
Help!!!! Please.

To All,
I am working on a project where I have data that is contained in an Excel
spreadsheet.  The data is sorted by the following columns: SD# (assending)
then by PO Date (assending).  So there are a number of rows that contain the

I have a two page business letter with two endnotes.  The two endnotes are by
themselves on page 2, that also has a different header (author & date).  When
I do the merge to a new document (to prepare for printing) page one of the
letter is merged correctly but without a page 2.  ...

how do you prevent certain data such as ticket numbers or name from
duplicating onto other tickets.  

I am a previous WP user, and so I have some bad(!) habits. I have never used
Mail Merge, but everyone keeps telling me that in Word I shouldn't enter my
data directly into labels, but should do a merge from a data table.
I have constructed a Word document that contains a Word 4x4 ...

Hi, using Mail merge to query a view on a MSSQL server. the advanced
filter works fine. Do the mail merge and no problem.
Back to the main merge document, i want to change the filter, but the
filtered data is still there, and i can only filter the filtered data