1. Yes, it is "Insert Merge FIeld" in the English language version.
2. Support for header files has been gradually removed since Word 2000, when
it was still a standard part of the product.
3. In Word 2003, even if you set up a header file, you could not use the
Mail Merge Recipients dialog (or the wizard) to insert merge fields until
you also selected a data source (well, it may be possible to do it but if so
I cannot remember how). However, if you used Tools|Customize to drag the
command "Insert Merge FIeld" from the category "All Commands" to a toolbar,
you could click that button, see the list of fields, and insert them.
4. In Word 2007, even if you include that command in the QAT (Quick Access
Toolbar) it is greyed out until there is a data source. However, you can
create a macro such as the following, include that in the QAT, and it seems
to work - but I would verify that this approach still does what you need: I
do not use it now.
Sub mergefielddialog()
Dim dlgIMF As Word.Dialog
Set dlgIMF = Word.Dialogs(wdDialogInsertMergeField)
dlgIMF.Show
End Sub
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Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
"hans bisterfeld" wrote in message
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Hi there,
I've got a problem concerning the "insert Mergefield"-button of WORD 2007
(Actually I don't know if this is the right caption of the button cause I'm
using a German version of WORD. Here the button is named "Seriendruckfeld
einfügen").
In earlier version of WORD you could associate a document to a file
containing just the headers of datafile e.g. by using the mailmerge manager.
After that the button "insert mergefield" got enabled and you could setup
your mailmerge document by inserting all those fields you wanted to be used
in an upcomming print process. So you had one draft document for different
data files.
Trying this with WORD 2007 I can't get the "insert Mrtgefield"-button
enabled :-( Having associated my document to the header-file the button
still keeps disabled and I can't instert any mergefields...
Am I doing wrong? Ist this a WORD 2007 bug? Any workarounds available? What
else can I try?
Thanks for your answers! :-)
Hans