Doug: The source program that creates the original table is so old, that I
have to go thru 5 steps (delete delimiters, replace paragraph with tab,
convert to text to table, convert table back to text, save as a text file)
just to get it in an acceptable form for Excel. For a Word table, all I have
to do is change the record and field delimiters. I may be forced to use
Excel, but if you have any other suggestions, please let me know. Thanks for
so much.
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S Jan


"Doug Robbins" wrote:

Modify the merge datasource so that it contains a field with the numbers.
Easiest way to do this would be to out it into Excel.

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Hope this helps.

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"Sagit" wrote in message
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I have a file with 150 names. I would like to number each name 1- 150
automatically in a label mail merge. I go to Insert, Field, click on
numbering, then listnum, then number each label, 1-20, on the mail merge
page, then update labels. After I merge, I get each page of labels
numbered
1 - 20. Is there a way to have my labels of names numbered 1 thru 150
without having to manually number them myself after the merge? Thank you
for
any help you can give me.
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S Jan