[ejlopezzzz]

I write 40-50 page reports (routinely) and contained within the reports about
30% to 40% is duplicate information throughout the report; I only want to
type data once and have it populate.

I also use excel which contains summary information that is also duplicated
in word.

My brother informed me to use mail merge?

HElp!

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Does the rest of the report remain pretty much unchanged from report to
report?

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"ejlopezzzz" wrote in message
...
I write 40-50 page reports (routinely) and contained within the reports
about
30% to 40% is duplicate information throughout the report; I only want to
type data once and have it populate.

I also use excel which contains summary information that is also
duplicated
in word.

My brother informed me to use mail merge?

HElp!

[ejlopezzzz]

Yes portions of the report do remain unchange.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Does the rest of the report remain pretty much unchanged from report to
report?

--
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

"ejlopezzzz" wrote in message
...
I write 40-50 page reports (routinely) and contained within the reports
about
30% to 40% is duplicate information throughout the report; I only want to
type data once and have it populate.

I also use excel which contains summary information that is also
duplicated
in word.

My brother informed me to use mail merge?

HElp!

[Graham Mayor]

If 30 - 40% is fixed information then 60-70% is variable. Where is that
variable information coming from? If typed at the keyboard I would suggest
you save the fixed text in a new template and see
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm for the variable stuff. If the
variable stuff is coming from a data file then instead of macrobutton fields
you would need merge fields.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


ejlopezzzz wrote:
Yes portions of the report do remain unchange.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Does the rest of the report remain pretty much unchanged from report
to report?

--
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

"ejlopezzzz" wrote in message
...
I write 40-50 page reports (routinely) and contained within the
reports about
30% to 40% is duplicate information throughout the report; I only
want to type data once and have it populate.

I also use excel which contains summary information that is also
duplicated
in word.

My brother informed me to use mail merge?

HElp!