What type of merge are you doing?

If a formletter or catalog, which in Word XP and later is called
"directory", then you do not need a Next Record field ANYWHERE in the
main document.

If a label, then you need a next record field BEFORE the first merge field
in all of the labels EXCEPT before the first label on the sheet..

You say that it prints 2, 3 and 4 of the same record. That does not make
sense. Assuming that each record is unique in the data source it would only
print one variant not 3 variants.

Post back with information on how you have the main document set up.

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"michelle" wrote in message
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I am losing half of the records in excel when a merge into a tabel in word
.
Someone else posted the same problem and it was suggested to remove the
"next
record" field. I did and it printed 2, 3 and 4 of the same name. Any
other
suggestions? Thank you!
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Michelle