Yes, mail merge in 2003 is the same as in 2002. If you use Track Changes,
the improvements (or rather, corrections) in that feature alone are worth
the upgrade to 2003. Office 2003 Pro (not Office Standard or freestanding
Word) also has IRM and XML capabilities that some users want/need. But the
differences between 2002 and 2003 are subtle, and I'm not sure an upgrade is
really imperative; for a feature comparison, see
http://www.microsoft.com/office/edit...o/compare.mspx

I don't know (and couldn't say even if I knew) when Office 12 will ship, but
don't hold your breath.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"C Tate" wrote in message
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Many thanks Suzanne. You always know the answer to things and provide it
so
quickly! Can you tell me mail merge follows the same format in Word 2003
as
it does in XP? Also, do you know when the NEXT version of Word/Office is
due
out? (I am just wondering if it is worth bothering upgrading to 2003)
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/...MailMerges.htm and
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...002/MM2002.htm

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"C Tate" wrote in message
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Hello

I have recently gone over to Word XP from 2000 and notice that many
things
have changed. When doing a mail merge, the insert merge field seems a
bit
convoluted. If you want to insert address 1, address 2, city etc, after
first name and surname it appears you have to keep closing the box to
start
another line. I feel I must be doing this wrong as Microsoft can't have
designed it like this! Can somebody enlighten me?!