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Find - Replace, using with mailmerge
is impossible to use find/replace to enter merge fields? for example, I want
to replace all instances of the word "Tom" with the field "first name" Thanks |
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Hi lee,
Not possible using Find/Replace. Also, when you're doing this, the field coding you'll need to use consists of pressing Ctrl-F9 to create a pair of field braces '{ }' and filling in the space between these with MERGEFIELD "first name", so that you get '{MERGEFIELD "first name"}' - assuming, of course, that the data source name you're using is in fact named 'first name'. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "Lee" wrote in message ... is impossible to use find/replace to enter merge fields? for example, I want to replace all instances of the word "Tom" with the field "first name" Thanks |
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Insert the mm field "first name", and copy it to the clipboard. The
clipboard's contents can now be referenced in the Replace with: field using ^c. Hence, Find what:Tom Replace with:^c will replace Tom with the merge field that's stored in the clipboard. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Lee" wrote in message ... is impossible to use find/replace to enter merge fields? for example, I want to replace all instances of the word "Tom" with the field "first name" Thanks |
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Neat!
-- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Insert the mm field "first name", and copy it to the clipboard. The clipboard's contents can now be referenced in the Replace with: field using ^c. Hence, Find what:Tom Replace with:^c will replace Tom with the merge field that's stored in the clipboard. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Lee" wrote in message ... is impossible to use find/replace to enter merge fields? for example, I want to replace all instances of the word "Tom" with the field "first name" Thanks |
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It's been a lifesaver on more than one occasion. :-)
-- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "macropod" wrote in message ... Neat! -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] ------------------------- "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Insert the mm field "first name", and copy it to the clipboard. The clipboard's contents can now be referenced in the Replace with: field using ^c. Hence, Find what:Tom Replace with:^c will replace Tom with the merge field that's stored in the clipboard. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Lee" wrote in message ... is impossible to use find/replace to enter merge fields? for example, I want to replace all instances of the word "Tom" with the field "first name" Thanks |
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