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how to bold a line in mail merge labels
using an excel spreadsheet I have the company name field bolded but when I
create my labels the bold doesn't happen. i have office 2000 |
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how to bold a line in mail merge labels
The bold (and other such formatting) in Excel doesn't get through to Word.
If you are inserting your Excel data using an "ADDRESSBLOCK" field in Word, you are probably out of luck, because I don't think you will be able to bold a specific line successfully. If you use individual fields to insert the data, you can select the field, apply /Word's/ bold setting, and if necessary, use Alt-F9 to view the field codes, then change { MERGEFIELD myfield } or { MERGEFIELD myfield \*mergeformat } to { MERGEFIELD myfield \*charformat } If you have bolded /some/ of your comany names and you want the bolding to get through to Word selectively, then you have to consider having an extra column in Excel (let's call it "boldcompany") and set it to "Y" if the company name should be bolded. then do something like { IF "{ MERGEFIELD boldcompany }" = "Y" "{ MERGEFIELD company \*charformat }" "{ MERGEFIELD company \*charformat }" } and apply the appropriate formatting to each of those "{ MERGEFIELD company \*charformat }" fields. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "toconnor" wrote in message ... using an excel spreadsheet I have the company name field bolded but when I create my labels the bold doesn't happen. i have office 2000 |
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In the mail merge main document, press Alt+F9 to toggle on the display of
the field codes and if there is a \mergeformat switch at the end of the company name merge field, remove it and replace it (or add, if it is not there) a \charformat switch, and then apply bold formatting to the M of Mergefield. Use Alt+F9 again to toggle off the display of the field codes. -- 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 "toconnor" wrote in message ... using an excel spreadsheet I have the company name field bolded but when I create my labels the bold doesn't happen. i have office 2000 |
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