http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm will make life
easier for you - or you could always simply type in the field codes if you
know the names of the fields/

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



CyberTaz wrote:
One of my biggest gripes is with the implementation of how Merge
fields have to be inserted if you aren't using one of the
cookie-cutter catchalls, such as 'Address Block' or 'Greeting Line'.

Having to open/close the Insert Merge Field dialog box for _each_
field to be inserted is totally unacceptable. The only alternative I
have found is to insert all necessary fields adjacent to one another,
then close the dialog box and reposition the fields in your form
doc... equally problematic, inconvenient & time consuming, especially
if there are a number of fields to be inserted.

If there is something I'm not aware of I hope someone will let me
know.

Otherwise, MS, why not do away with the modal nature of the dialog
box so you can just double-click a field name, then navigate/click in
the doc & insert another field without having to close & reopen the
dialog box?

At least give us back the Field Name list on the Mail Merge toolbar
rather than the useless Insert Merge Field button that just takes you
back into the same dialog box you shouldn't have had to close in the
first place. It seems to be that the 'new & improved' mail merge of
2002/03 is a giant step backward to something worse than what it was
going back prior to Word v5... beyond that, I can't remember.

Regards |:)

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