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Can anyone help I am trying to mail merge my Christmas letters, first name
etc is highlighted, and when merged and printed they come out in a grey box.
I have tried clicking 'Highlight merged fields' to 'unhighlight' in the
tool bar all to no avail. I am using Windows XP.

Can anyone save my sanity and help

Thank you.


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Try ToolsOptionsView and change Field Shading to Never.

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Can anyone help I am trying to mail merge my Christmas letters, first name
etc is highlighted, and when merged and printed they come out in a grey
box. I have tried clicking 'Highlight merged fields' to 'unhighlight' in
the tool bar all to no avail. I am using Windows XP.

Can anyone save my sanity and help

Thank you.



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Fantastic, thank you.

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Try ToolsOptionsView and change Field Shading to Never.

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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

"M" wrote in message
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Can anyone help I am trying to mail merge my Christmas letters, first
name etc is highlighted, and when merged and printed they come out in a
grey box. I have tried clicking 'Highlight merged fields' to
'unhighlight' in the tool bar all to no avail. I am using Windows XP.

Can anyone save my sanity and help

Thank you.





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I would have to add that if that fixed your problem, it is almost certain
that you have not actually executed the merge, but are just printing a
preview of the results. If you execute the merge, there will be no fields
for which the shading could have been displayed.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"M" wrote in message
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Fantastic, thank you.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Try ToolsOptionsView and change Field Shading to Never.

--
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

"M" wrote in message
...
Can anyone help I am trying to mail merge my Christmas letters, first
name etc is highlighted, and when merged and printed they come out in a
grey box. I have tried clicking 'Highlight merged fields' to
'unhighlight' in the tool bar all to no avail. I am using Windows XP.

Can anyone save my sanity and help

Thank you.







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