Hi Craig,

If the entire merge result is to be a table, don't use mail merge.

Instead, display the DATA toolbar and use the Insert Database tool to bring in
the information from the database as a table. You can use it with a dynamic
link, or just produce a static table. The process is very much like setting up
a mail merge, except that you can specify a Table AutoFormat.

I am creating using a mail merge to create a directory (also known as
catalog) of information. The directory is in a word table, and I want the
table to have column headers -- First Name, Last Name, City etc.

The problem is that word repeats the column headers after each merge row. In
word help, it says that to get around this, I should first create the merge
without any headers and then add headers. The problem with this is that I
want other users to use the merge template, and they would like for it to be
a one click solution (they want to run the merge and then print the report,
headers and all).


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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