We need users to open a Template document (.dot extension) (that also does a
mail merge,) and then when they hit the save button, it will default to save
a copy to their own directory, with a .doc extension.  Is this possible?
Background: We don't want users saving their changes ...

I have a user who created a mail list for a merge.
Word saved it to a .mdb file by default.
When we try to do the merge to Avery 5160 labels, the labels appear on
the page saying "next record."

I am creating a word mail merge from an excel data source.  Using an IF
field I want to check whether column K (winner_700) contains data and if so,
to enter data from a different column (Entrants_Forename).  If it has no data
in column K, then I want the record to be ignored so ...

We have legal documents that must be shared by many users.  They are also
Mail Merge documents.  Whenever more than one person tries to access these
documents at one time, we get busy messages.  Is there any way to avoid this
problem so a few people can merge and print ...

In Word 2000 I seem to recall that when I did a letter merge, a Continuous
Section Break was inserted between the items.  In 2002 it now seems to be a
Next Page Break.  Is there a way to change this back to Continuous?

We recently switched over to 2003.  I would like to print envelopes from a
prevously merged word document.  Do I need to merge the already merged word
document into a new merge to print envelopes or do I need to begin a new
merge from the original data source (excel)?  I know ...

I'm having problems trying to do the following:
I have 4 fields, each with a 0 or 1, I want to be able to add these
fields together and base the output on if the total is >= 3.
First I started with adding them together:

Help - I noticed there was information provided earlier, however I have found
this unhelpful.
When I merge a percentage it is coming across as a decimal, I have tried the
DDE option and this has not worked.

I have an Excel file with data in all caps.  Would like to use it fora mail
merge, but don't want the text to come out in caps.  Prefer lst letter
capitalized with the rest of each word in lower case.  Tried opening the file
in Word and using Autocorrect, but no, doesn't work.

When adding fields to a merge document, Microsoft Office Online suggests
using switches {MergeAmount /# $#,###.00} to format the number into the way I
want to display it. Whenever I enter this in my merge field in the document,
the field <<Amount>> does not get formatted. How do ...

When I use the create date field on the first page of my letter it works
fine, when I put it in the header for the remainder of the document it
updates.  How can I get the create date field to NOT update to the current
date in the header?  thanks

I'm a Newb at this.  Here's my problem:  I need a way to put data from
a single row of information from a SQL server database into a single
page of a Word Document.  This data is selective (i.e., the information
doesn't go into a table).  Moreover, I need to dynamically link with

I have a word merge (word 2002) linked to an excel file (data source) with a
macro. I need to change the location of the data source. When I do this some
of the formatting changes in the merge doc. For example; several field in the
data source are currency formated to two decimal ...

I have a mail merge document containing the following:
{ IF { MERGEFIELD ExpirationDate } <> "" { IF { MERGEFIELD ExpirationDate \@
"yyyyMMdd" } < { DATE \@ "yyyyMMdd" } "Your insurance expired on {
MERGEFIELD ExpirationDate }.<Enter>