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How do I create a template & Do A Mail Merge In It?
I downloaded a template for jumbo postcards. I need to make the front of the
card as well as part of its back so that it's not editable. I also need to be able to do a mail merge in the lower right area of the card. When I tried doing a mail merge in the post card, it only added Address a the box of the top portion/Postcard 1 of the template, but the bottom/Postcard 2 was left alone. Also, when I tried to preview it, Address boxes were both blank. Any suggestions? |
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How do I create a template & Do A Mail Merge In It?
See the article "Mailmerge Labels with Word XP" on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's
website at http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.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 "ReneeB" wrote in message ... I downloaded a template for jumbo postcards. I need to make the front of the card as well as part of its back so that it's not editable. I also need to be able to do a mail merge in the lower right area of the card. When I tried doing a mail merge in the post card, it only added Address a the box of the top portion/Postcard 1 of the template, but the bottom/Postcard 2 was left alone. Also, when I tried to preview it, Address boxes were both blank. Any suggestions? |
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How do I create a template & Do A Mail Merge In It?
Given that you have not told us where you got this template from we can only
make wild guesses about how it was created. If the fields you insert don't work it is probably because the template uses text boxes. Fields in text boxes are not seen by the merge, being in the drawing layer of the document. The thing to do is to create a two row two column table, where the two rows correspond to one side of the cards (you'll need another merge document for the backs). Set this up as a form letter merge. Put your merge fields in the right hand top cell column and format them as you want. Copy and paste to the cell below. Add a Next field to the start of that cell. Put your fixed information in the left cells. Merge to a new document. http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm and http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm may help -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ReneeB wrote: I downloaded a template for jumbo postcards. I need to make the front of the card as well as part of its back so that it's not editable. I also need to be able to do a mail merge in the lower right area of the card. When I tried doing a mail merge in the post card, it only added Address a the box of the top portion/Postcard 1 of the template, but the bottom/Postcard 2 was left alone. Also, when I tried to preview it, Address boxes were both blank. Any suggestions? |
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How do I create a template & Do A Mail Merge In It?
We have several templates going on in this example. The first one I spoke of
is a template I downloaded from destopsupplies.com for the jumbo postcards that I bought. After saving the postcard's template, I then designed a postcard front and back. I would now like to save that design as a template and use it in a mail merge. Keep in mind that since it's a jumbo postcard, there are 2 cards per sheet that need to be recognized in the merge so that it will add 2 addresses per sheet. So, my problem is 2 pt. How do I save the newly created designs as a template and then do a mail merge/set up an address field that will be recognize the top and bottom cards? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Given that you have not told us where you got this template from we can only make wild guesses about how it was created. If the fields you insert don't work it is probably because the template uses text boxes. Fields in text boxes are not seen by the merge, being in the drawing layer of the document. The thing to do is to create a two row two column table, where the two rows correspond to one side of the cards (you'll need another merge document for the backs). Set this up as a form letter merge. Put your merge fields in the right hand top cell column and format them as you want. Copy and paste to the cell below. Add a Next field to the start of that cell. Put your fixed information in the left cells. Merge to a new document. http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm and http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm may help -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ReneeB wrote: I downloaded a template for jumbo postcards. I need to make the front of the card as well as part of its back so that it's not editable. I also need to be able to do a mail merge in the lower right area of the card. When I tried doing a mail merge in the post card, it only added Address a the box of the top portion/Postcard 1 of the template, but the bottom/Postcard 2 was left alone. Also, when I tried to preview it, Address boxes were both blank. Any suggestions? |
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How do I create a template & Do A Mail Merge In It?
You use FileSave As the save the document.
For the mailmerge part, after attaching the data source to the template, you insert the merge fields into both of the post cards on the template in the configuration that you want the information to appear and before the first merge field in the second post card, insert a Next Record field. -- 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 "ReneeB" wrote in message news We have several templates going on in this example. The first one I spoke of is a template I downloaded from destopsupplies.com for the jumbo postcards that I bought. After saving the postcard's template, I then designed a postcard front and back. I would now like to save that design as a template and use it in a mail merge. Keep in mind that since it's a jumbo postcard, there are 2 cards per sheet that need to be recognized in the merge so that it will add 2 addresses per sheet. So, my problem is 2 pt. How do I save the newly created designs as a template and then do a mail merge/set up an address field that will be recognize the top and bottom cards? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Given that you have not told us where you got this template from we can only make wild guesses about how it was created. If the fields you insert don't work it is probably because the template uses text boxes. Fields in text boxes are not seen by the merge, being in the drawing layer of the document. The thing to do is to create a two row two column table, where the two rows correspond to one side of the cards (you'll need another merge document for the backs). Set this up as a form letter merge. Put your merge fields in the right hand top cell column and format them as you want. Copy and paste to the cell below. Add a Next field to the start of that cell. Put your fixed information in the left cells. Merge to a new document. http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm and http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm may help -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ReneeB wrote: I downloaded a template for jumbo postcards. I need to make the front of the card as well as part of its back so that it's not editable. I also need to be able to do a mail merge in the lower right area of the card. When I tried doing a mail merge in the post card, it only added Address a the box of the top portion/Postcard 1 of the template, but the bottom/Postcard 2 was left alone. Also, when I tried to preview it, Address boxes were both blank. Any suggestions? |
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How do I create a template & Do A Mail Merge In It?
With the proviso that the merge will not see any fields you have put in a
text box, simply save the document as a template. As for the data for thge second card, add a Next record field at the start of the second card. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ReneeB wrote: We have several templates going on in this example. The first one I spoke of is a template I downloaded from destopsupplies.com for the jumbo postcards that I bought. After saving the postcard's template, I then designed a postcard front and back. I would now like to save that design as a template and use it in a mail merge. Keep in mind that since it's a jumbo postcard, there are 2 cards per sheet that need to be recognized in the merge so that it will add 2 addresses per sheet. So, my problem is 2 pt. How do I save the newly created designs as a template and then do a mail merge/set up an address field that will be recognize the top and bottom cards? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Given that you have not told us where you got this template from we can only make wild guesses about how it was created. If the fields you insert don't work it is probably because the template uses text boxes. Fields in text boxes are not seen by the merge, being in the drawing layer of the document. The thing to do is to create a two row two column table, where the two rows correspond to one side of the cards (you'll need another merge document for the backs). Set this up as a form letter merge. Put your merge fields in the right hand top cell column and format them as you want. Copy and paste to the cell below. Add a Next field to the start of that cell. Put your fixed information in the left cells. Merge to a new document. http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm and http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm may help -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ReneeB wrote: I downloaded a template for jumbo postcards. I need to make the front of the card as well as part of its back so that it's not editable. I also need to be able to do a mail merge in the lower right area of the card. When I tried doing a mail merge in the post card, it only added Address a the box of the top portion/Postcard 1 of the template, but the bottom/Postcard 2 was left alone. Also, when I tried to preview it, Address boxes were both blank. Any suggestions? |
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How do I create a template & Do A Mail Merge In It?
Thanks! I appreciate the help.
"Graham Mayor" wrote: With the proviso that the merge will not see any fields you have put in a text box, simply save the document as a template. As for the data for thge second card, add a Next record field at the start of the second card. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ReneeB wrote: We have several templates going on in this example. The first one I spoke of is a template I downloaded from destopsupplies.com for the jumbo postcards that I bought. After saving the postcard's template, I then designed a postcard front and back. I would now like to save that design as a template and use it in a mail merge. Keep in mind that since it's a jumbo postcard, there are 2 cards per sheet that need to be recognized in the merge so that it will add 2 addresses per sheet. So, my problem is 2 pt. How do I save the newly created designs as a template and then do a mail merge/set up an address field that will be recognize the top and bottom cards? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Given that you have not told us where you got this template from we can only make wild guesses about how it was created. If the fields you insert don't work it is probably because the template uses text boxes. Fields in text boxes are not seen by the merge, being in the drawing layer of the document. The thing to do is to create a two row two column table, where the two rows correspond to one side of the cards (you'll need another merge document for the backs). Set this up as a form letter merge. Put your merge fields in the right hand top cell column and format them as you want. Copy and paste to the cell below. Add a Next field to the start of that cell. Put your fixed information in the left cells. Merge to a new document. http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm and http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm may help -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ReneeB wrote: I downloaded a template for jumbo postcards. I need to make the front of the card as well as part of its back so that it's not editable. I also need to be able to do a mail merge in the lower right area of the card. When I tried doing a mail merge in the post card, it only added Address a the box of the top portion/Postcard 1 of the template, but the bottom/Postcard 2 was left alone. Also, when I tried to preview it, Address boxes were both blank. Any suggestions? |
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How do I create a template & Do A Mail Merge In It?
Thanks! I appreciate your help.
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: You use FileSave As the save the document. For the mailmerge part, after attaching the data source to the template, you insert the merge fields into both of the post cards on the template in the configuration that you want the information to appear and before the first merge field in the second post card, insert a Next Record field. -- 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 "ReneeB" wrote in message news We have several templates going on in this example. The first one I spoke of is a template I downloaded from destopsupplies.com for the jumbo postcards that I bought. After saving the postcard's template, I then designed a postcard front and back. I would now like to save that design as a template and use it in a mail merge. Keep in mind that since it's a jumbo postcard, there are 2 cards per sheet that need to be recognized in the merge so that it will add 2 addresses per sheet. So, my problem is 2 pt. How do I save the newly created designs as a template and then do a mail merge/set up an address field that will be recognize the top and bottom cards? "Graham Mayor" wrote: Given that you have not told us where you got this template from we can only make wild guesses about how it was created. If the fields you insert don't work it is probably because the template uses text boxes. Fields in text boxes are not seen by the merge, being in the drawing layer of the document. The thing to do is to create a two row two column table, where the two rows correspond to one side of the cards (you'll need another merge document for the backs). Set this up as a form letter merge. Put your merge fields in the right hand top cell column and format them as you want. Copy and paste to the cell below. Add a Next field to the start of that cell. Put your fixed information in the left cells. Merge to a new document. http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm and http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm may help -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ReneeB wrote: I downloaded a template for jumbo postcards. I need to make the front of the card as well as part of its back so that it's not editable. I also need to be able to do a mail merge in the lower right area of the card. When I tried doing a mail merge in the post card, it only added Address a the box of the top portion/Postcard 1 of the template, but the bottom/Postcard 2 was left alone. Also, when I tried to preview it, Address boxes were both blank. Any suggestions? |
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