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Default Mail Merge: Excel (XP) fields scrambled during merge

I have been trying to merge a newly created Excel XP database with a newly
created letter--but, I am witnessing a phenomenon I have never encountered
with Mail Merge. The Excel fields are coming in scrambled. That is, I set up
the fields in the following order: company, street, town, state, zip. But it
comes into the letter as: state, zip, company, street, town. And, no matter
what I do, I cannot correct it. This is the first time I have ever seen this.
Has anyone else ever seen it, and if so, how can it be corrected?


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
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Default Mail Merge: Excel (XP) fields scrambled during merge

If you are using the Address Block, don't.

Just insert the individual mergefields in the configuration that you want
them.

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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

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I have been trying to merge a newly created Excel XP database with a newly
created letter--but, I am witnessing a phenomenon I have never encountered
with Mail Merge. The Excel fields are coming in scrambled. That is, I set
up
the fields in the following order: company, street, town, state, zip. But
it
comes into the letter as: state, zip, company, street, town. And, no
matter
what I do, I cannot correct it. This is the first time I have ever seen
this.
Has anyone else ever seen it, and if so, how can it be corrected?




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