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Default Extra space in "Name" field when merged

Mark,
It's recommended that you do not use the Address Block feature when using Mail
Merge. I prefer to insert each field separately, and set the spacing and
line/paragraph format.

The Address Block may be including a "Title" field, so when a record does not
have a "title", it leaves a space. If you insert the fields separately, if a
field does not have a value, the next field shifts to the left or up, and fills
in the space, where the first field would have occupied.

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"Mark" wrote in message
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When I merge data into the 'name' field, the first line of the address block,
there is an extra space in front of the name. The merge is coming from Excel
and i have checked the formatting for the cells and it all appears
fine..Thanks in advance