In Word, click Alt-F9. Instead of seeing something like last_name or
your data, you should see something like
{ MERGEFIELD "last_name" }
or maybe
{ MERGEFIELD "last_name" \*Mergeformat }
The curly braces are special "field code braces - you can't type them on the
keyboard. But everything else is ordinary text. What you need to end up with
is
{ MERGEFIELD "last_name" \*Charformat }
and to ensure that the " M" immediately after that opening curly brace has
the format you want, i.e. bold in this case.
Then Alt-F9 again to make those field codes turn back into format or
your data.
If you can't see the field codes easily because they are in a table cell,
it's sometimes helpful to cut-and-paste the field codes into another
document, edit them there, then paste them back.
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Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
"Patrick" wrote in message
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I hate to be so dense, but I cannot even find "tools" in Word 07, to be
able
to customize it! And if I could and then click "view field codes", I am
not
sure what to do then. With all due respect, your webpage is just way over
my
head.
--
Patrick
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Add a charformat switch to the field you want bold - see
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Patrick wrote:
When I am doing a mail merge for labels and get to the "merge field",
I would like to be able to put the "last name" in bold. I can
highlight this field and make it bold, but it does not appear bold in
the "preview". Any advise?