I have a merge field that gets fed text type data from a database.
Somewhere within the text source I want to say highlight a PORTION by making
it bold (note - NOT the whole field). What control characters do I embed?. Is
there a list of other control chars. say italic etc.

I have been using mail merge for letters in my tax business.  Last month I
tried to access one of them and I was notified that my program had
encountered a serious error and would have to shut down.  I was asked if I
wanted to notify Microsoft and I did.  The message that I ...

I have a mail merge template that only allows me to insert the
FULLNAME, but I want to be able to just pull the first name from that
field.  Is there a way to tell Word to delete everything after the
space?  So, the value that would normally be pulled into this field

How do I take a mail merge document and then split it up into individual
documents to save each letter in a separate place?

Suddenly "12:00:00 AM" appears in many of the fields in the Mail Merge
Recipients preview. It appears in all the "first name", "last name", "title"
and other fields. When I merge the document with the Excel data :12:00:00 AM"
merges into the docuement. Help?

I am using Grant's formula for 5 and 9 digit zip codes:
{If{MERGEFIELD ZIP} > 99999 "{MERGEFIELD ZIP \# "00000'-'0000"}"
"{MERGEFIELD ZIP \# "00000"}}
And it works like a charm, except when the cell is empty in Excel. I

Is it possible to use a certificate template from Power Point and do a mail
merge to access all employees (and their department) who attended a seminar?  
I'd like an easy way to produce certificates of completion.  Either I can't
figure this out or it can't be done.  Thank you ...

I need to produce employment agreements for numerous type of employees.  
There is a different agreement and addendum for the each type of employee.  I
would like to set up a Master Document for a Mail Merge that contains 4
required government documents, plus each type of employee ...

I have a rather large excel spreadsheet that I use as the data source for a
quarterly mailmerge. Is there a way I can add a Cc column to my spreadsheet
instead of adding a new row for each new email recipient?  I have seen Doug
Robbins macro for emailing with attachments and, ...

I need to save each page of a Mail Merge document as a separate file.
Ideally the file name would be FILExxxx, where FILE is the name of the
source file and xxxx is the page number of each page.

I created a document (Word 2002) to be used as an email to a group of people.
Each person should receive a different hyperlink.
I tried creating a new document and using the instructions found under MVP:
Ctrl F9, type Hyperlink and space then enter the mergefield, etc.  The merge ...

Our mailing contacts were saved in Cardbox (!!!!!!!!) and I have moved them
into an Excel spreadsheet. However, all the address components (street, city,
postcode) were in one field. Is there any easy way (I am an idiot) to
separate these components into different Word address ...

how do i email a document from microsoft word. my send email button will not
open, or light up
FANNIEJONES
FANNIEJN@MSN.COM

I have been using Word 03 to do up to 400,000 mailmerged letters a month. I
merge the first & last names, with other very specific fields from Excel into
the body of the letter. On page two I put the address and the Barcode
positioned so that i can tri-fold the one page and have ...

I have merged data from an Excel file that is a number with 2 decimal places.
Upon merging, Word has increased some of the numbers to 15 decimal places.  
Upon attempting to reformat the merged data I can only find wher I can adjust
the font...not the number itself.  Thank you to ...