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MailMerge is changing my filters!
I am a VERY unhappy user of MS Word 2003. Have attempted several times to complete a mailmerge of labels containing names and addresses. The datasource is an Excel spreadsheet, and I'm using a default Avery Label in Word for the template. After following the steps in Word's mail merge, I then go into 'Edit Recipient List' and using the drop down menu to get to the Advanced function and select two columns to sort with. I make my selections, press 'OK' and the selected names/address appear onscreen....for a few seconds. Then, suddenly, the data changes. (names appear that shouldn't be there according to the sort criteria I selected.) I go to the previous screen, go to 'Edit Recipient List' and look at the Advanced sort criteria and additional sort parameters have been added! I have done this several times on different days and in different ways all with the same result. Any thoughts? Anyone? Anybody? I'm about to go bald from pulling my hair out! (the previous Mailmerge I had down pat!!!) -- nineuht ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nineuht's Profile: http://www.officehelp.in/member.php?userid=4952 View this thread: http://www.officehelp.in/showthread.php?t=1251368 Posted from - http://www.officehelp.in |
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MailMerge is changing my filters!
Hi Nineuht,
I am a VERY unhappy user of MS Word 2003. Have attempted several times to complete a mailmerge of labels containing names and addresses. The datasource is an Excel spreadsheet, and I'm using a default Avery Label in Word for the template. After following the steps in Word's mail merge, I then go into 'Edit Recipient List' and using the drop down menu to get to the Advanced function and select two columns to sort with. I make my selections, press 'OK' and the selected names/address appear onscreen....for a few seconds. Then, suddenly, the data changes. (names appear that shouldn't be there according to the sort criteria I selected.) I go to the previous screen, go to 'Edit Recipient List' and look at the Advanced sort criteria and additional sort parameters have been added! I have done this several times on different days and in different ways all with the same result. Any thoughts? Anyone? Anybody? I'm about to go bald from pulling my hair out! (the previous Mailmerge I had down pat!!!) What kind of connection method have you used to link in the data source? Can you give us an example of the field names in the Excel sheet, the sort criteria you use, and the way Word changes it? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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