[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

If I understand you correctly, you want just the first letter of the last
name to appear on the labels.

If that is correct, you need to set up another column in the datasource in
which you use the Left() function to extract the first letter of the last
name.

Word does not have the ability to make that extraction during the merge
process.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"sober71989" wrote in message
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I can get the excel to word to merge but can not seem to get the name
badges
to have the first letter of the last name to merge. I am missing
something !
thamks for any help you can give.