I created a merge letter, the "address block," etc. codes are in the letter.
I created a data source.
When I open the merge letter, 1st it asks me about the SQL datasource and I
say yes.  Then when the letter is opened, my datasource is not connected to

I'm trying to make labels using the Mail Merge tool in word.  I can't seem to
place the text where i want it without messing it up otherwise.  I tried
putting the address block in a text block but then it made each page have
only one contact on that entire page.  How do i move ...

When I use the Mail merge toolbox and select email, no template appears (as
the online training course says it should, automatically).  How do I activate
this for use so that I can set up email mail merges?

We previously used Access to create our Word documents from Templates and
inserting data from the access database.  Now we are just using Word
documents and mailmerge using an Excel spreadsheet as the datasource.  
However there is the problem of putting the date the document was ...

I have a  mailmerge that I'm setting up with IF statements.  I know that you
need the " to surround the values, however, my values have " in the text and
when I merge, I don't get the correct values.  How can I represent the " that
I need merged into my document?

For some reason whenever I perform a mail merge, it does not merge correctly.
For example: If I'm merging a sheet of 30 labels, and merging with 2400
addresses, instead of having 2400/30 pages of labels, I have 2400 pages of
labels.  Each page is the same as the one previous it, ...

i need to check to see if a field is numeric. if it is apply the mask
otherwise just leave it as it is
i have this
{ if { MERGEFIELD "TEST" } < "A" "{MERGEFIELD "BLAH" "mask=$#,##0"}

I am working with XP and when I went into tools, letters and mailings, and
clicked mail merge email messages was not listed under doucment type.  Does
anyone have an idea why and how can i resolve the problem?

I had a user who was having the problem with zip codes displaying as 0's when
merged into a Word document.  I read the tips on this site on how to fix it,
which were very helpful.
My question regarding this issue is a little different.  When I ran the

I'm trying to email a Word letter (with logo in header) to a group of
filtered contacts. I did a test run sending to myself using the "merge to
email" function but it didn't look anything like the original letter and
didn't show the logo.

The special formatting that I saved in Excel (eg, zip code, ssn, phone
numbers) does not appear after I've merged the Excel data with a Word letter.
How can I get it to work?