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anchor line while merging
Im doing a mail merge with a form letter. I have 5 fields in the data for
the address. Not all the fields are used all the time. Sometimes the address is only 3 lines long, sometimes 5. After I merge the data to the form letter, the first paragraph after the merge fields starts on a different line depending on long the address was. My question, is there a way to anchor the start of a line so it doesnt move. Just like anchoring a picture or text box. And no, I dont want to use a text box for my letter. Or do I have to use IF field = blank, Enter Thanks |
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You could put the address mergefields inside a one cell table for which you
fix the dimensions of the cell. -- 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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "BotR" wrote in message ... I'm doing a mail merge with a form letter. I have 5 fields in the data for the address. Not all the fields are used all the time. Sometimes the address is only 3 lines long, sometimes 5. After I merge the data to the form letter, the first paragraph after the merge fields starts on a different line depending on long the address was. My question, is there a way to anchor the start of a line so it doesn't move. Just like anchoring a picture or text box. And no, I don't want to use a text box for my letter. Or do I have to use "IF" field = blank, "Enter" Thanks |
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Other than putting the address fields in a fixed-depth object such as a
table fellas per Doug's suggestion, a text box (not clear whether it is all text boxes you want to avoid, or whether you want to avoid putting the letter body in a text box), or a frame, I suspect you are left with using an { ADVANCE } field to start your body text at an absolute position. But I'd avoid { ADVANCE } unless there's no alternative. Peter Jamieson BotR wrote: Im doing a mail merge with a form letter. I have 5 fields in the data for the address. Not all the fields are used all the time. Sometimes the address is only 3 lines long, sometimes 5. After I merge the data to the form letter, the first paragraph after the merge fields starts on a different line depending on long the address was. My question, is there a way to anchor the start of a line so it doesnt move. Just like anchoring a picture or text box. And no, I dont want to use a text box for my letter. Or do I have to use IF field = blank, Enter Thanks |
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Thanks Peter. {ADVACE} worked after I played with it. This is how it
worked.... {Addy1} {Addy2} {Addy3} {Addy4} {Addy5} {ADVANCE \y 216}Dear {MERGEFIELD "FirstName}, Once I figured out that 1 inch = 70pts and they wanted it in points, it worked out great. Thanks for the tip. It was driving me nuts. BotR "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Other than putting the address fields in a fixed-depth object such as a table fellas per Doug's suggestion, a text box (not clear whether it is all text boxes you want to avoid, or whether you want to avoid putting the letter body in a text box), or a frame, I suspect you are left with using an { ADVANCE } field to start your body text at an absolute position. But I'd avoid { ADVANCE } unless there's no alternative. Peter Jamieson BotR wrote: Im doing a mail merge with a form letter. I have 5 fields in the data for the address. Not all the fields are used all the time. Sometimes the address is only 3 lines long, sometimes 5. After I merge the data to the form letter, the first paragraph after the merge fields starts on a different line depending on long the address was. My question, is there a way to anchor the start of a line so it doesnt move. Just like anchoring a picture or text box. And no, I dont want to use a text box for my letter. Or do I have to use IF field = blank, Enter Thanks |
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1 inch = 72 points.
BotR wrote: Thanks Peter. {ADVACE} worked after I played with it. This is how it worked.... {Addy1} {Addy2} {Addy3} {Addy4} {Addy5} {ADVANCE \y 216}Dear {MERGEFIELD "FirstName}, Once I figured out that 1 inch = 70pts and they wanted it in points, it worked out great. Thanks for the tip. It was driving me nuts. BotR "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Other than putting the address fields in a fixed-depth object such as a table fellas per Doug's suggestion, a text box (not clear whether it is all text boxes you want to avoid, or whether you want to avoid putting the letter body in a text box), or a frame, I suspect you are left with using an { ADVANCE } field to start your body text at an absolute position. But I'd avoid { ADVANCE } unless there's no alternative. Peter Jamieson BotR wrote: Im doing a mail merge with a form letter. I have 5 fields in the data for the address. Not all the fields are used all the time. Sometimes the address is only 3 lines long, sometimes 5. After I merge the data to the form letter, the first paragraph after the merge fields starts on a different line depending on long the address was. My question, is there a way to anchor the start of a line so it doesnt move. Just like anchoring a picture or text box. And no, I dont want to use a text box for my letter. Or do I have to use IF field = blank, Enter Thanks |
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Correct, my bad
"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: 1 inch = 72 points. BotR wrote: Thanks Peter. {ADVACE} worked after I played with it. This is how it worked.... {Addy1} {Addy2} {Addy3} {Addy4} {Addy5} {ADVANCE \y 216}Dear {MERGEFIELD "FirstName}, Once I figured out that 1 inch = 70pts and they wanted it in points, it worked out great. Thanks for the tip. It was driving me nuts. BotR "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Other than putting the address fields in a fixed-depth object such as a table fellas per Doug's suggestion, a text box (not clear whether it is all text boxes you want to avoid, or whether you want to avoid putting the letter body in a text box), or a frame, I suspect you are left with using an { ADVANCE } field to start your body text at an absolute position. But I'd avoid { ADVANCE } unless there's no alternative. Peter Jamieson BotR wrote: Im doing a mail merge with a form letter. I have 5 fields in the data for the address. Not all the fields are used all the time. Sometimes the address is only 3 lines long, sometimes 5. After I merge the data to the form letter, the first paragraph after the merge fields starts on a different line depending on long the address was. My question, is there a way to anchor the start of a line so it doesnt move. Just like anchoring a picture or text box. And no, I dont want to use a text box for my letter. Or do I have to use IF field = blank, Enter Thanks |
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