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When doing mail merge, I see { rather than when inserting
When inserting the mail merge fields, the command signs when inserting that
I've seen is { }, wheras what supposed to be there is . How do I correct this problem? |
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When doing mail merge, I see { rather than when inserting
Word provides three "views" of fields:
a. the "field code" view, where field code braces show as { } b. the "field result" view, where you either see the field's actual result, or a field surrounded by chevrons depending on the field type. Only a few types show with chevrons, i.e. { MERGEFIELD fields }, which show the name of the field between the chevrons, e.g. { MERGEFIELD myfield } shows as myfield and NEXTIF, NEXT, SKIPIF, MERGEREC and MERGESEQ fields, which have vaguely descriptive text "results" c. the "data Preview" view, where you get to see the results of the { MERGEFIELD fields as well, and all the other field types that show with chevrons disappear. Changing from { } to is generally a matter of a. clicking Alt-F9 to toggle between "field code" view and one of the other views, as necessary, /and/ a. clicking on the preview mode button in the MailMerge toolbar in Word 2003 or earlier (you can enable the toolbar in Word 2002/2003 using View-Toolbars) or in the Mailings tab in Word 2007 However because it is also possible to toggle the view of individual field codes, sometimes you get to see both { } and in a single document - which is why some of the articles in this group show both, as they are intended to reflect what a user would typically see if they follow the instructions in the message. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk barbequebob wrote: When inserting the mail merge fields, the command signs when inserting that I've seen is { }, wheras what supposed to be there is . How do I correct this problem? |
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