Outlooks contact list is a list of addresses that interfaces with Word in the form of Word's address book. Whatever addresses you have here or imported into Outlook can be used in your letters either individually or as a whole. Use categories to identify different types. File Import from file,...

Are you using a Tablet PC. If so, there is an issue with the Propogate Labels facility that is supposed to copy the mergefields from the first label into every label on the sheet, though in my case it does copy it to the second and third labels and the final two labels on the sheet. This has been...

Can merged letters be seperate documents rather than one document?

My database has commas after each element, which is fine except that Word puts its own comma after the Town. This gives me two commas together. I am trying to avoid deleting hundreds of commas in order to fit in with Word's programming. Is this possible ?

If the picture needs to go into one of the shapes on the organisation chart, use Insert|Picture or Edit|Paste as usual. If the picture needs to go outside a shape, I think you will have to layer the graphics and that's probably not worth attempting in Word. If you mean "insert graphics as part of...

I think the only way you will be able to do this is a. disconnect the mail merge main document from its data source before you distribute it. This will remove the information about the data source location, and sort/filter specifications, but will not remove fields. b. change the Access application...

I use a data source from our server. When i bring the data into my mail merge it uses the first row of data as the column names or header row. In word 2000 you could set up a separate file as the header row. Can you do this in word 2003?

We use Word 2000, and have recently found that when doing a mailmerge of say 5000 records, the signature of the letter which has been put in as a graphic has somehow disappeared. This has happened on several different printers and using several different workstations. We don't think it is a memory...

Hi, I am doing up a basic invoicing run from a excel spreadsheet and merging it with a word document. some clients might purchase more then once that month... how do i keep the merge happing until a new customer is selected from the spreadsheet. so while = 'add details

I live in Canada and use Office XP. The FIM-A barcode option is not available in MS Word when I go to make an envelope and I am looking for a way to get it to work on my computer so I can barcode the mail I send to the U.S.

mail merge in word should allow hyperlinks to be obtained from a data source. for example i had the need to send special pages to a large number of people with a link in it that would redirect to a special personal page through an URL string.. (www.server.com/default.asp?ID=ID from Database for...

how do i create a data source

I am using Word 2002. I have set up a word document to merge data from Excel. In Word, I have a list of items as follows: Amt if choose option 1: merge field 1 Amt if choose option 2: merge field 2 Amt if choose option 3: merge field 3 What I would like to do, is to put a conditional merge

Source is SQL 2000 database where there are blank address lines before the postcode. Is there a method of skipping blank lines resulting from blank fields in the Word document?

I have two problems in Word(/Outlook) 2003: * I need to include a pdf-file as an attachment to a mail merge. I have tried the 'Insert File as Link' command, but that only prints the binary into the Word document instead of attaching it to the mail. * I also need to include in that mail merge a live...

Recent versions of Word have not supported the Spouse Name field in printing addresses from Outlook. This should be added back as an option. It was posible several versions back. I think that it is simple for Microsoft to add that field to the list that can be taken from Outlook Addresses, but it...

I seem to successfully make labels using the Mail Wizard. When I want to preview the labels, I can only access the first page!! I have tried using data bases in Excel and in Word. Same thing...I can only see and/or correct the first page.

I've used Word for years, have done mail merges every week at work for the last umpteen years, and merged documents, envelopes and labels with no problem whatsoever from Word, Excel or Access. I just installed Word 2003 on my computer and have become totally frustrated with what has been done...

Hi all, I need to start Word from cmd supplying a merge template and and imput file. Is it possible to submit those parameters so Word will start and automatically perform the merge without user intervention? Thanks, Claus

I notice that OFFICE has a merge list capability but only asks for email addresses. I have a list of web sites with forms that require me to fill in my personal info, and then add a message. I want to do this automatically being able to fill in the same message for the list.