The insertion of merge fields is barbaric, you have to add all fields on a
single line and then format the content, or close out of the popup window
after each insertion so you can add the field and formatting at the same
time.

I like the check box beside each record to select records that do not fit a
query.

Your tutorial on Mail Merge has a spreadsheet with both first and last name
in the same column of an Excel spreadsheet. You suggest to split the data,
but use an antiquated method. Instead of adding a column and cutting and
pasting each last name individually, why not use the features of the product.
Click on data-text to columns, choose delimited length and space as a
seperator and the data is split quickly.

It's not clear what tutorial you're referring to or whom you think you're
addressing. We're all just users here.

For the first problem, see
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/...ailMerges.htm; for the second,
see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...meLastName.htm

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"SharronTucker" wrote in message
...
The insertion of merge fields is barbaric, you have to add all fields on a
single line and then format the content, or close out of the popup window
after each insertion so you can add the field and formatting at the same
time.

I like the check box beside each record to select records that do not fit
a
query.

Your tutorial on Mail Merge has a spreadsheet with both first and last
name
in the same column of an Excel spreadsheet. You suggest to split the
data,
but use an antiquated method. Instead of adding a column and cutting and
pasting each last name individually, why not use the features of the
product.
Click on data-text to columns, choose delimited length and space as a
seperator and the data is split quickly.

See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



SharronTucker wrote:
The insertion of merge fields is barbaric, you have to add all fields
on a single line and then format the content, or close out of the
popup window after each insertion so you can add the field and
formatting at the same time.

I like the check box beside each record to select records that do not
fit a query.

Your tutorial on Mail Merge has a spreadsheet with both first and
last name in the same column of an Excel spreadsheet. You suggest to
split the data, but use an antiquated method. Instead of adding a
column and cutting and pasting each last name individually, why not
use the features of the product. Click on data-text to columns,
choose delimited length and space as a seperator and the data is
split quickly.

It was posted as a "Suggestion to Microsoft" on the web based
newsgroup:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...8-e0317006c121

Hopefully the next version due out will include more information on
Suggestion posts for NNTP users.

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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
It's not clear what tutorial you're referring to or whom you think
you're
addressing. We're all just users here.

For the first problem, see
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/...ailMerges.htm; for the
second,
see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...meLastName.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SharronTucker" wrote in
message
...
The insertion of merge fields is barbaric, you have to add all
fields on a
single line and then format the content, or close out of the popup
window
after each insertion so you can add the field and formatting at the
same
time.

I like the check box beside each record to select records that do
not fit
a
query.

Your tutorial on Mail Merge has a spreadsheet with both first and
last
name
in the same column of an Excel spreadsheet. You suggest to split
the
data,
but use an antiquated method. Instead of adding a column and
cutting and
pasting each last name individually, why not use the features of
the
product.
Click on data-text to columns, choose delimited length and space
as a
seperator and the data is split quickly.

It's still not clear what tutorial the OP is referring to.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
It was posted as a "Suggestion to Microsoft" on the web based
newsgroup:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...8-e0317006c121

Hopefully the next version due out will include more information on
Suggestion posts for NNTP users.

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
It's not clear what tutorial you're referring to or whom you think
you're
addressing. We're all just users here.

For the first problem, see
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/...ailMerges.htm; for the
second,
see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFm...meLastName.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"SharronTucker" wrote in
message
...
The insertion of merge fields is barbaric, you have to add all
fields on a
single line and then format the content, or close out of the popup
window
after each insertion so you can add the field and formatting at the
same
time.

I like the check box beside each record to select records that do
not fit
a
query.

Your tutorial on Mail Merge has a spreadsheet with both first and
last
name
in the same column of an Excel spreadsheet. You suggest to split
the
data,
but use an antiquated method. Instead of adding a column and
cutting and
pasting each last name individually, why not use the features of
the
product.
Click on data-text to columns, choose delimited length and space
as a
seperator and the data is split quickly.

I see that now. Help maybe???
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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
It's still not clear what tutorial the OP is referring to.

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
It was posted as a "Suggestion to Microsoft" on the web based
newsgroup: