Word - Word's Mail Merge feature and the use of Word fields

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Label mail merge	22 Feb 2006 07:40 GMT	2
In a label merge, after I select my receipents and format my label with the field, I update all the labels then go to preview and only see the last receipent. Why is this? I'm using label 5160 avery.
mail merge recipient fields display in selected order	21 Feb 2006 22:00 GMT	3
The Mail Merge Recipients box displays columns such as Last Name, First Name, Address, City, State, Zip, and Customer ID #. How can I rearrange the columns so that my Customer ID # is the first column I see and not way over on the right hand side of the screen?
Mail Merge Not Reading Field Codes Properly	21 Feb 2006 20:17 GMT	4
HELP HELP HELP!!! I have a mail merge document where I am trying to pull in my data source from an excel spread sheet and I have 3 fields in my data source that are percentages. Each time I merge my document, it's not reading the
Mail Merge Office 2003	21 Feb 2006 19:51 GMT	2
When I merge all my data records, office only merges every other record. I have reviewd the tutorial and do not see where I am doing anything wrong. Can someone help me please.
Getting currency formatting to fill in final 0	21 Feb 2006 19:25 GMT	2
Quick question... I'm doing a mail merge from Excel for currency amounts. When the data merges, I can get it formated to currency and to 2 decimal places. The one piece that is outstanding, is when there is only 1 number after the decimal point, instead of adding a 0, it does ...
Merge info. into a receipt same field name different information?	21 Feb 2006 18:25 GMT	2
Creating a receipt (twice on the same page, to save space). Is it possible to merge the same field name into the top receipt and the bottom receipt with the same field name but different information. Would like to have names 1 & 2 on the respective receipts 1 & 2, but all on the ...
Print partial sheet of labels	21 Feb 2006 17:16 GMT	2
Is there a way to direct Word to start printing labels somewhere other than the top left for the first page. Would like to be able to use a sheet of labels that had the first few labels printed on previously.
fax merge won't fax	21 Feb 2006 16:30 GMT	1
I have been using this for over a year with no problems. Today it won't fax. I set up the data base, open the letters, select recipients, then go to win fax mail merge which usually scans them into win fax and the faxes go out. Now it gives me run time error 2147417851, which ...
Help on Mail Merge just only Show One Record	21 Feb 2006 10:57 GMT	2
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mailmerge new page	21 Feb 2006 07:57 GMT	13
I've made a mailmerge multi column doc and a table (foxpro) where all data is stored. Mailmerge does work but some data doesn't fit onto one page so I would like to add more rows
I hate your Word Professional version...it stinks! Ugghh...	20 Feb 2006 19:42 GMT	1
The new mail merge version is horrible! Give me back my old version! ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Doug's Attachment macro-handling empty cells	20 Feb 2006 17:15 GMT	3
Doug Robbins' tutorial and macro for merging with email attachments is terrific -- thanks! But in my case, I would like the macro to handle cases in which rows in the "directory" word file are empty, moving on to the next row/record
Why will mailmerge not use all the fields from data source?	20 Feb 2006 17:03 GMT	3
I am trying to produce a document in Word which uses data from Excel, the data extends to column GA and there are 85 records. Data consists of text and then number and calculated numbers. When I attempt to mailmerge, it only picks up columns up to W, basically the
Create a full page of the same label using CURRENT document	20 Feb 2006 17:01 GMT	1
Using Word 2003, I want to add labels to a sheet that has different margins and is set to landscape. In previous versions of Word, I could choose to apply labels to the current document or a new document. I am unable to find this in 2003. Any help would be appreciated.
{MERGEFIELD"Title"} is now showing for Title merge field before	20 Feb 2006 15:18 GMT	2
Previously when merging my fields are displayed as <<Title>> now they are displaying as {MERGEFIELD"Title"} and the abc toggle will not switch between the field and text eg Mr The only thing I have done differently is set up a format/switch in one