Yes, it's a pain.
In Word 2003, the mailmerge seems to have got worse instead of better.
When I
insert 'fields' the insert merge field window now has to be closed before
I
can insert a new field... really irritating!
See Susan Barnhill's page at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...ngWord2002.htm
Also when I have merged data I frequently get huge decimal places. It
doesn't matter what I do to the orginal cells in the spreadsheet...
mailmerge
didn't used to have these errors.
You can revert to the DDE method of connecting (check Word
Tools|Options|General|"Confirm conversion at open", reconnect, and choose
DDE when offered), or put field switches in your fields, e.g. use Alt-F9 to
display
{ MERGEFIELD mynumber \*Mergeformat }
and change it to
{ MERGEFIELD mynumber \#0.00 \*Mergeformat }
(There's more info. on these switches in Word Help, or visit Graham Mayor's
page at
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
Peter Jamieson
"Beserk!" wrote in message
...
In Word 2003, the mailmerge seems to have got worse instead of better.
When I
insert 'fields' the insert merge field window now has to be closed before
I
can insert a new field... really irritating!
Also when I have merged data I frequently get huge decimal places. It
doesn't matter what I do to the orginal cells in the spreadsheet...
mailmerge
didn't used to have these errors. I now put my spread sheet data into a
table
on microsoft word and do my mailmerge from there!
Is there a patch or update available to sort out this prob?