I am trying to use Word 2003 mail merge directory to create a packing list
using data from Excel.  One of the Excel columns contains both numbers and
alpha characters.  The Excel column is defined as text.  After the merge the
alpha characters are converted to zeros.  I have ...

The columns in the mail merge recipients area don't stay in the order in
which I set them up and when I moved them, they moved back; also when I
sorted by last name, the sort didn't stay that way; yes, I 'saved' after the
corrections----it made no difference.

I am using a mail merge to put data into a table from Access.  Each table is
a new record, i used the directory option, and each table lies on a new page.
My problem lies when the data in the record causes the table to be longer
than 1 page.  The table is not continued on the ...

I have a client who is merging data extracted from a database table to a Word
Template.  The user is merging to a bookmark name "roster" by way of a set
field that looks like this:
{set roster \*MERGEFORMAT}

I am having trouble inserting custom barcode with mail merge fileds.
   With ActiveDocument.MailMerge
  'get the record count of the datasource
  With .DataSource

I created a mail merge using Word 2003 & Office 2003. It included text, a
solid color background, and a small image. I sent it to 98 people, but many
of them did not actually receive this email and some received it with garbled
text.

I am trying to create a simple directory that has org name, web site, company
description, ect.  The data is in an excel file (we use Windows XP).  Every
time I do this is merges every other record and to get all of the records in
the file to merge you have to do 15 merges.   ...

This is awful. I completely forgot my excel and cannot find my notes. I would
set up worksheet for friends to automate address labels. I would have a DB
file in Excel, write concatenate formulas and load the data from across the
spreadsheet to Address label format. Then export to ...

I've got a letter that I've used before in Word 2003 to successfully merge.
When I opened the letter today I go the usual:
Opening this document will run the following SQL command . . .
Message that I get whenever I opened a mailmerge letter like this. However

I'm trying to use a nested IF statement to look at a field and return a
different value depending on the value. I have no problem that I know
of creating the actual IF statement. My problem comes from the fact
that my data is Alphanumeric....

I've created my mail merge document linked to an excel data source. Included
the mail merge command...
{ INCLUDEPICTURE " N:\\MAIL MERGE\\Ed's examples\\photos\\ {Mergefield
Whole_name}.jpg" }

Sorry, but I haven't printed out a directory in years so I'm a little rusty.  
I'm using Office 02 and trying to print out my Outlook contacts.  However, I
want to keep the contacts grouped by initial cap of the "file As".  I
couldn't find the command from using either Outlook or ...

This is really for "Tools, Letters and mailings, envelopes and labels".

Is there a way to insert a field, NOT text but an actual merge field, using
the if-then-else clause?
I have am excel file that I'm merging from that contains fields for first
name (FIRST) and preferred first name (PREF)

I have 40+ mail merge templates in Word 2003 which all share a single Excel
2003 spreadsheet as a data source.  I would like to be able to automate the
merge of each of these documents from a single macro.  For example, I'd like
to be able to open a single Word document, run a ...