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Default Problem with Skipping Records in Mail Merge

You don't say which type of merge you are doing but you do not generally
need /any/ Next Record fields unless you are doing label merges or need
to include the data from more than one record in a single letter etc..
One Next Record field would be required in a two-labels per page label
type merge.

Peter Jamieson

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SusanG wrote:
I'm having the same problem in XP with Excel 2007 and Word 2007 and I've
never had this problem before, ever, in years of doing merges. It's with the
directory choice, I have no extra Next Record fields, although I do have the
one required Next Record field. I used both ODBC Excel datasource and just
navigated to the Excel file, as in Select Recipients, both methods that
worked previously.
With Select Recipients, my preview is correct, but the Output file skips all
the even records. With ODBC datasource, the preview is correct, but the
Output file skips all the even records (starts with row 2).
This is not a problem of inexperience with merges, IMO, I've done hundreds
and hundreds.
Susan