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Mail Merge "Ask" Rule
In Word 2007 we're attempting to set up a mail merge template that includes
an "Ask" rule where we'll provide individualized response for each customer (e.g. you owe us this many $$). The rule appears to work but we're having a problem - the prompt comes up for each record but it doesn't display which merge record it applies to. Does anyone know how to get the merge prompt to display a merge field (say last name) so we can tell whose record we're working on? Thanks, Chris |
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Mail Merge "Ask" Rule
Hi csinnett,
You might be able to get what you're after by embedding the relevant mergefield in the ASK field. To do this: .. press Ctrl-F9 twice, to create a pair of nested field braces thus '{ { } }' .. Fill in/around the field braces so that you get '{ASK BkMrk "Prompt for {MERGEFIELD KeyField} variable"}' whe . 'BkMrk' is your bookmark's name. . 'Prompt for ' and 'variable' are the parts of your prompt. Note that you need the double quotes. . 'KeyField' is the relevant merge source field. -- Cheers macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "csinnett" wrote in message ... In Word 2007 we're attempting to set up a mail merge template that includes an "Ask" rule where we'll provide individualized response for each customer (e.g. you owe us this many $$). The rule appears to work but we're having a problem - the prompt comes up for each record but it doesn't display which merge record it applies to. Does anyone know how to get the merge prompt to display a merge field (say last name) so we can tell whose record we're working on? Thanks, Chris |
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Mail Merge "Ask" Rule
Thanks for the quick response. Didn't work though; I don't think you can get
it to display any of the variables when using the ask rule. Frankly I don't understand how you're supposed to use it if you can't tell what record you're on. Right now we're trying to get them to put the data in the csv file instead of using manual entry. Chris |
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Mail Merge "Ask" Rule
Curious because it works fine here (Word 2007 & merging to a new document).
What did the prompt actually display? -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "csinnett" wrote in message ... Thanks for the quick response. Didn't work though; I don't think you can get it to display any of the variables when using the ask rule. Frankly I don't understand how you're supposed to use it if you can't tell what record you're on. Right now we're trying to get them to put the data in the csv file instead of using manual entry. Chris |
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Mail Merge "Ask" Rule
Thanks for the quick replies folks. I work with csinnett and he passed me
the information that macropod posted. When I attempted it the first time I was receiving a blank line or the {MERGEFIELD First_Name} {MERGEFIELD Last_Name}. I re-did the process again (so I could type up a response here) and it works fabulously. It appears that I fat-fingered something in the test line that I did (probably a missed bracket or quote). The feature works as described. Thanks for both of your comments on getting this resolved for us. This will work perfectly! - Nathan "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Curious because it works fine here (Word 2007 & merging to a new document). What did the prompt actually display? -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "csinnett" wrote in message ... Thanks for the quick response. Didn't work though; I don't think you can get it to display any of the variables when using the ask rule. Frankly I don't understand how you're supposed to use it if you can't tell what record you're on. Right now we're trying to get them to put the data in the csv file instead of using manual entry. Chris |
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