The merge function/print function has not in essence changed with Word 2007.
It works exactly as it did before albeit with some differences in some
dialog boxes. When you merge a label merge document to a new document each
page of the resulting document is a new section and each section will have
one page i.e page 1. If you want to print a range of pages then you should
address the pages by section rather than page number eg to print the third
'page' put s3 in the Print Pages box. print 'pages 3 - 5' put s3-s5 in the
print pages box. It was ever thus!
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Logikal1 wrote:
Thank you Graham and Doug for your help!
I did finally manage to get my labels created without duplicates. I
renamed all the categories and rematched them. Then I skipped PREVIEW
and went straight to FINAL. I ran into more problems at that point.
For whatever reason the '07 PRINT Fx refused to work properly with my
brand new Canon all-in-one. I wanted to print out just a few pages
at a time, but couldn't set the function to 'choose pages 3-5'. I
could print out the page I was on, but that''s it Yet, I can print
out using any choice (all, current page, etc) without problems if I'm
using '03.
DragonSpeak 9.5 doesn't work 100% with Office 07. Standard dictation
is ok but commands are no longer recognized. I'll have to contact
Nuance to see if there is a patch which will fix the problem. Also,
any document formatted in 07 can't be read by previous versions of
Word. Great. I have to convert all my work done so far in 07 before
the trial is over.
I'm NOT impressed by 07. I think Microsoft made a lot of things
harder for no particular reason. Seems everything has an extra step.
You want to print? Ok, go to the Office sign, click it, drop down to
Print, go over to select one of the choices for Printing, now select
one of those....you get the idea. I had to make my own toolbar to cut
down on the constant back and forth required by the new format.
For those who love to brag they have the latest and greatest software
they are welcome to this latest Microsoft update. It really doesn't
do anything better than previous versions. The time it takes to train
staff to learn a whole new layout is something I have to consider
before ordering it for my company. Personally, I don't think it's
worth an extra $500 for even my own computer.
Logikal 1
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
Are you sure that there are Next Record fields in all "labels"
in the mail merge main document except for the first one?
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Hope this helps.
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Logikal1" wrote in message
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Dear Graham,
while your site is AWESOME and was helpful- I HIGHLY recommend it to
everyone!-unfortunately, it didn't solve my problem. I went
through the label process step by step, and S.O.B- i still ended up
with literally dozens
and dozens of duplicates. Where I should have had about 120
labels, I ended
up with 339!
They are scattered throughout the label merge, so they might go
albacore, alpha, angel, attitude. alpha, badly, banter, angel,
attitude, barcode, barter, canopy, badly, banter, etc.
I can't figure out for the life of me WHY it's doing this! I also
found the
usual voice controls for 'edit' 'paste' and 'cut' don't work with
my voice softwa which makes my life a lot harder ( I have MS, so
typing is time consuming when I have to do it manually)
I'm still very open for HELP!
thanks in advance
Logikal 1
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
If you chose to install 2007 alongside Word 2003, both should be
available,
though not without some conflicts - see
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm
From your description of the merge it is impossible to spot the
deliberate
mistake, however I suspect you are previewing the source document
and not completing the merge. You must merge to a new document or
the printer to see
the merge as it is completed see
http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm.
http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm and
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm
This was exactly the same in 2003!
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Logikal1 wrote:
I'm trying to print out ONE set of labels using the new 2007 WORD
[which has disabled my 2003 version so i'm really stuck]. I made
a mail merge of approximately 100 titles and added graphics etc.
But, when I went to preview I got a shocl: I get over 390 labels
due to constant duplications! They're supposed to be in
alphabetical order, yet they keep jumping back and restarting at
different points. How can I correct this problem?