When merging fields from Excel to Word in Office 2003 I have
encounterd this strange problem that if a field contains more than 256
characters, Word does import only those 256 first characters in the
cell, but not the rest...

I have been trying unsuccessfully for days to eliminate the blank line on a
merged mailing label because the "Address 2" field is blank.  Even though the
Mail Merge Helper is marked to suppress blank lines, it doesn't do it.  I was
able to use the if...then...otherwise rule to ...

Once I connect my word document to an XLS the column headings are all mixed
up.  For instance, if I merge "address" if puts in the data from the name
column.
If I go to "select recipient" the "name" column displays the data from the

I am trying to email merge to some recipiants with Office Xp and It won't let
setup a mail merge email document. I go into the mail merge document setup
and e-mail merge is one of the options but its greyed out. How do I fix it?
Thanks for the help.

In my access query the date appears like "March 3, 2008" but when I use that
field in my merge document it prints like "3/3/2008".  Can someone tell me
how to get it to print with the month name?

I have created a mail merge to an Access database query which included a
field from a look up table.  The look up table is set to display the long
name e.g. description of course, in the 2nd column in the look up table
rather than the 1st column the 'course code'.  This works in ...

I currently have an excel spreadsheet that I use as a database for
clients and I use Word for Proposals, Invoices and the like via a mail
merge command that pulls in the relevant client line details into the
Word document.

I have a zip code field in my data base.  I would like to use have Fill-in
and Skip If determine what records I use.  
Example:
I would like once the merge document is open for Fill in to prompt "What Zip

I'm trying to print labels. and when I merge them, only 1 label shows up on
the preview sheet. And when I print - only 1 label prints and it is not the
first one?  ANy suggestions?

I am using Word 2003 (11.6359.6360) SP1.
I have { ASK foo "bar" \o ) and { REF foo \* MERGEFORMAT } fields. *
Without "\o", I am prompted for each merged recipient when I do Edit
individual letters...\Merge to New Document\OK

I apologize ahead of time if this question has been asked before.  I have
searched the site and cannot find anything on it.
How, if possible, am I able to have a message printed in the lower left hand
corner of an envelope?  For example, if I wanted to have a "personal and

Im a newb here, and trying to write a mailmerge that pulls data from an
excel file.
I have it working, but I get blanks in my letter where the recipient
isnt making that purchase.