I am using Mail Merge; there was an old letter that I needed to use, set up
for mail merge but the data source was wrong so I created the proper one;
when I go to merge, the merge button is greyed out what do I do
thanks

Hi, I'm using Word 2002 and I was just wondering:  Is the propagate labels
feature only available when you use the mail merge wizard?  I don't like
using the wizard, but when I set the mail merge up on my own the propagate
labels button is grayed out.  Should this be the case or ...

When I go to select the recipients and select "browser", the system hangs up.
This did not happen until I installed microsoft updates. I also cannot
"restore" for some strange reason as well since installing these updates. Any
suggestions?

I have a spreadsheet for our customers...some cells are Percentages an
sone are dollar amounts. When I merge the document to my Word file
some of the Percents come through like this "2.5000000000000001E-3
(this should read .25%)...most of my dollar amounts are coming throug

I have a VB.Net tool that is performing a programmatic mail-merge, and one
of my users is putting the merge fields in the header for the document.
For some reason, this isn't working.  When I debug the merge process, there
are *no* merge fields listed in the document, but the ...

I have percents and dollar amounts in a spreadsheet that are merging t
Word funny....25% is coming out as "2.5000000000000001E-3", also on th
dollar amounts, they are not coming through with the commas and dolla
sign....ie $40,400 is coming through as 40400...even though I formatte

I have worked through my previous issue well enough that I've found the next
problem (don't you HATE that?  "Yay! I'm done!" and whatever you're working
with says "Yeah, right!")
In my mailmerge scenario, I have a picture imported from the database.  

I recently changed from XP to 2003 and now all my mail merge documents are a
problem.
I have tried the switches with limited success and changing 200 Merged
fields in one document one by one it turning out to be quite the challenge.  

I frequently use mail merge to produce certificates of completion for online
courses and every single time I do one I have to alter the default fields to
the ones I always use.  Isn't there a way to alter the defaults to match what
I always change them to, rather than go through ...

I'm not sure if this is a ASP.NET question, or a Microsoft Office
Question, so bear with me!
I have a ASP.NET application which generates excel files on the fly
(savable versions of searches).  Everything seemed to be working great,

I know how to use mail merge. Using an Excel database, I want to format a
2-column directory (booklet) of names, addresses, and phone numbers with
alphabetical names down the left column and wraping to the top of the right
column. The result will be a multi-page document that ...

I'm merging data from Access. I have some Yes/No (checkbox) fields. When I
merge the field into Word, it shows as True/False. I need this to be
displayed as a check box (form field), either checked or not. Any ideas on
how to do this?

I have a strange problem printing labels in Word 03. When I print a
blank page with random text, it prints fine. However when I then ask it
to print a label;
Tools>Letters and Mailings>Envelopes and Labels>New Document

While preparing to print labels from a Works 8.5 database (a process that has
worked successfully many times) Word has suddenly refused to show the full
set of records.  Word acknowledges the existence of the full set but shows
only a subset.  The remaining records are blank both ...

I have looked at the posted question/answer on this topic and the website
reference is very confusing. Could someone please send me the exact steps to
rectify this problem. My excel document is fine, but when I merge addresses,
the zeroes get dropped. Thanks.