You are probably doing nothing wrong. The frame is part of the Envelope
Address style and will not be visible unless selected. This is explained in
the link Doug posted. When setting up a merge, the cursor, by default will
go to the first editable area of the envelope, which is the return address.
You must select the frame in order to insert a field. Click the area where
you expect the frame to be and if you click in the correct place it will be
highlighted. If you still can't find it, use the following macro to locate
the style
Sub FindEnvelopeStyle()
With Selection
.HomeKey wdStory
With .Find
.ClearFormatting
.Replacement.ClearFormatting
.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("Envelope Address")
.Text = ""
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Forward = True
.Wrap = wdFindStop
.Format = True
.MatchCase = False
.MatchWholeWord = False
.MatchWildcards = False
.MatchSoundsLike = False
.MatchAllWordForms = False
.Execute
End With
End With
End Sub
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
If all else fails use the appropriate envelope template linked from the
bottom of the page Doug pointed you towards as that certainly does have the
frame.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site
www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org
Kate wrote:
Yeah, I tried restarting it from scratch several times, and even
restarted the whole SYSTEM... no dice. The frame was there the first
time, now it's gone. Just tried it on another computer, still no
frame. Dunno what I am doing wrong.
Kate
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
If you start right from the beginning again, you should avoid the
problem. Alternatively, see the following page of fellow MVP Graham
Mayor's website:
http://www.gmayor.com/changing_envelope_layout.htm
--
Hope this helps.
Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"Kate" wrote in message
...
Hi all,
Hopefully I can explain this so it makes sense.
I did an envelope mail merge, using an excel list and the "step my
by step mail merge wizard (I am not a mail merge expert). The first
time, it went great - put my return address in the upper left, and
created a box in the center of the envelope where I inserted the
address information.
Unfortunately, I realized I was using the wrong list, after
finishing the merge and closing it. I thought, no prob, I will just
do another merge. Now,
however, when I try to do the merge, using a sheet out of the same
excel file, instead of creating a new box in the center for the
addresses, it is trying to put the info into the return address
area.
Does anyone know what is causing this or how to correct it? I want
my address box back!!!
Thank you!