[Joyce Smythe]

I am trying to print name tags using the mail merge. These name tags are for
use at a convention. There will be colored dots to indicate meal purchases
at this convention. I have the data in an excel spreadsheet along with meals
purchased. When I set up the name tag wizard I put two tables on the name
tag. First table includes the attendees first name. The second table
includes 5 cells, one for every meal. In order to get the dots to appear I
am formatting the second table using the font "webdings" in order to get a
colored dot. Word doesn't seem to like the webding and when I go to do the
final merge it just shuts down completely. Any ideas as to why and is there
another way I can do this.

[Graham Mayor]

What name tag wizard is this? As far as Word is concerned, name tags are
labels. Tables within labels are the likely problem. See
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_graphics.htm - the principle is much the
same. Use a conditional field to insert the dots

{IF {Mergefield Fieldname} = "whatever is in the field" "Put your coloured
dot here"} etc

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Joyce Smythe wrote:
I am trying to print name tags using the mail merge. These name tags
are for use at a convention. There will be colored dots to indicate
meal purchases at this convention. I have the data in an excel
spreadsheet along with meals purchased. When I set up the name tag
wizard I put two tables on the name tag. First table includes the
attendees first name. The second table includes 5 cells, one for
every meal. In order to get the dots to appear I am formatting the
second table using the font "webdings" in order to get a colored dot.
Word doesn't seem to like the webding and when I go to do the final
merge it just shuts down completely. Any ideas as to why and is
there another way I can do this.