See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm
also, don't use the addressblock field, use the individual fields that you
require.
You may also not be displaying Table gridlines, which explains why you
cannot see the table of which the first cell is top left. Note that you may
not see Next Record unless you propagate the labels.
If you are seeing
Next(persons name)
(street address)
(town, state, zipcode)cord
you have inserted a field in the middle of a next record field?

You cannot use barcodes on labels unless the labels are large enough to
accommodate them.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


MailMerge labels wrote:
I have Microsoft XP--Microsoft Office Basic Edition--Microsoft
Office Word and Excel 2003. I am trying to make mailing labels. I
have entered my mailing label information into Excel in the format:
FirstName LastName Address City State Zip and saved it. I then go
to Word 2003--Tools--MailMerg--labels(NEXT); STEP 2: Change
document layout--Label Options--8160-Address(my sheet labels Avery
number)--OK(NEXT); STEP 3: Browse--My Documents--The file in
Excel--Open--Sheet1$--OK--MailMerg Recipients--OK(NEXT); STEP 4:
(HELP) I have a screen that is:

Next Records Next Records


Records Next Records Next Records


Records Next Records Next Records


Records Next Records Next Records


Records Next Records Next Records

It says: If you have not already done so, lay out your label using
the first label on the sheet. (WHERE IS THE FIRST LABEL ON THE
SHEET?) It then says: To add recipient information to your label,
click a location in the first label (WHERE IS THIS?), and then click

one of the Items below: Address Block Greeting
Line

Electronic Postage

Postal Bar Code

More tems

When I click the top Records (second down from upper left) and
highlight it in light black and then click Address Block, I get
insert Address elements. When I unclick Insert company name and
click Never include the Country/region in the address, I get the
proper label form that I want: Mr. Joshua Randall Jr.
1 Airport Way
Kitty Hawk, NC
27700

When I click OK, I get Next(persons name)
(street address)
(town, state, zip
code)cord
This is highlighted in light black and is the first address on my
list in Excel. It seems like everything I've tried from there on out
doesn't get me to where I want to go, Once I stumbled on the right
combination and printed the list out, but I've never been able to
duplicate it (I know some magic steps work). WHERE AM I GOING
WRONG?????

Max