Hi Lisa

I can't explain WHY this happens; it's just something mail merge fields
sometimes do. But I can tell you how to get control of it, I think

1. Alt+F9 to display all the field codes

2. Now run Find/Replace to remove this text: \* MergeFormat

3. Alt+F9 again to hide the field codes

4. Test merging to a new document.

5. If there's still some instability, note which fields are a problem,
go back into the main merge document, display the field codes again and
add, at the end of the field: \* CharFormat

This will force the field result to adapt the formatting of the first
character in the field code.

I pull up a blank Word document.
Add verbiage for a generic letter formatted in Times New Roman with 12
point font.
Create a new mail merge list in Word.
Insert where the datapoints/bookmarks will go.
When the data is added to the letter, all of the datapoints have
different font sizes and types!


What have I missed? Why does a Times New Roman with 12 pt font turn
into 10 pt Courier New and 10 pt Times New Roman?


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

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