I assume that the list will be merged into various places in the same
document, rather than one place in 20 different documents?
That being the case, you will need first to convert the list to a merge data
format.
This is probably simplest to do in Excel. Open the text file in Excel then
transpose the list so that the entries are all in one row. insert a header
row and name the columns A, B, C etc will work.
Save the file as an Excel document and use that as a merge data source for a
letter merge. Insert the 20 fields where you want them. Merge to a new
document.
If the list is to be merged into the same place in 20 documents, open the
list in Word convert the text to a one column table. Add a row at the top
and give the column a name. Save as a document and use that as a merge data
source.
The principles of mail merge are covered at
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm or
http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm
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Bernie wrote:
I want to merge fields from an ascii file into a word document.
The ascii file has a word or phrase on each line. Each line will be a
merged field. There will be approx 20 lines to be merged into various
places in the document.
How do you set up the word doc to receive these fields?