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Mail Merge Body of Text
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I have a blank vanilla template where recipient details are mail merged, senders company address is static and senders information is prompted for. But one problem I have is that this entire process is automated by a macro and the main body of the text has not yet been completed. So my problem is that once the document is mail merged to more then one contact you have to copy and paste the main body of the text to the rest of the letters. Is there a way that as the user types the body of the text it is copied through to the rest of the letters. |
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Mail Merge Body of Text
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:05:05 -0700, "name_rafiq"
wrote: Hi I have a blank vanilla template where recipient details are mail merged, senders company address is static and senders information is prompted for. But one problem I have is that this entire process is automated by a macro and the main body of the text has not yet been completed. So my problem is that once the document is mail merged to more then one contact you have to copy and paste the main body of the text to the rest of the letters. Is there a way that as the user types the body of the text it is copied through to the rest of the letters. Howdy, I am not certain that I understand your situation correctly, but... How about creating a Template that includes what you describe as the "main body of the text"? All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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Mail Merge Body of Text
Thank you for the quick replie.
I have done this with templates that will be used on more then one occasion but I was hoping to create a vanilla template where the user doesn't need to edit the template before mailing merging; all users are not supposed to be able to follow instructions . example: user opens word by double clicking file in browser, word opens complains about macro, removes macro, user edits then saves, macro has been deleted, template can no longer mail merge. The way it should have been opened is right click and choose open or open word then open document. This way the macro is not removed. "Kenneth" wrote: On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:05:05 -0700, "name_rafiq" wrote: Hi I have a blank vanilla template where recipient details are mail merged, senders company address is static and senders information is prompted for. But one problem I have is that this entire process is automated by a macro and the main body of the text has not yet been completed. So my problem is that once the document is mail merged to more then one contact you have to copy and paste the main body of the text to the rest of the letters. Is there a way that as the user types the body of the text it is copied through to the rest of the letters. Howdy, I am not certain that I understand your situation correctly, but... How about creating a Template that includes what you describe as the "main body of the text"? All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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Mail Merge Body of Text
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:54:02 -0700, "name"
wrote: I have a blank vanilla template where recipient details are mail merged, senders company address is static and senders information is prompted for. But one problem I have is that this entire process is automated by a macro and the main body of the text has not yet been completed. So my problem is that once the document is mail merged to more then one contact you have to copy and paste the main body of the text to the rest of the letters. Is there a way that as the user types the body of the text it is copied through to the rest of the letters. Howdy, I am not certain that I understand your situation correctly, but... How about creating a Template that includes what you describe as the "main body of the text"? All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." Hello again, I do understand what you describe, but am out of my depth. Others who understand this stuff will reply...(we hopeg). All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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Mail Merge Body of Text
The obvious place for the user to type the information is into the body of
the mailmerge main document before executing the merge. -- 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 "name" wrote in message ... Thank you for the quick replie. I have done this with templates that will be used on more then one occasion but I was hoping to create a vanilla template where the user doesn't need to edit the template before mailing merging; all users are not supposed to be able to follow instructions . example: user opens word by double clicking file in browser, word opens complains about macro, removes macro, user edits then saves, macro has been deleted, template can no longer mail merge. The way it should have been opened is right click and choose open or open word then open document. This way the macro is not removed. "Kenneth" wrote: On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:05:05 -0700, "name_rafiq" wrote: Hi I have a blank vanilla template where recipient details are mail merged, senders company address is static and senders information is prompted for. But one problem I have is that this entire process is automated by a macro and the main body of the text has not yet been completed. So my problem is that once the document is mail merged to more then one contact you have to copy and paste the main body of the text to the rest of the letters. Is there a way that as the user types the body of the text it is copied through to the rest of the letters. Howdy, I am not certain that I understand your situation correctly, but... How about creating a Template that includes what you describe as the "main body of the text"? All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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Mail Merge Body of Text
Thank You for your replie
At the moment for simple user defined fields I am using input boxes. But these are not good for multiple lines of text as the user proof reads text as they type. I have seen something like that which i want to do in word. I was working with diffrent kinds of functionality and got text that I type in one page to filter through to all other pages in the same location as i typed. But one problem I could not recreate it Has any one seen this kind of functionality in word. Thanks "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: The obvious place for the user to type the information is into the body of the mailmerge main document before executing the merge. -- 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 "name" wrote in message ... Thank you for the quick replie. I have done this with templates that will be used on more then one occasion but I was hoping to create a vanilla template where the user doesn't need to edit the template before mailing merging; all users are not supposed to be able to follow instructions . example: user opens word by double clicking file in browser, word opens complains about macro, removes macro, user edits then saves, macro has been deleted, template can no longer mail merge. The way it should have been opened is right click and choose open or open word then open document. This way the macro is not removed. "Kenneth" wrote: On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:05:05 -0700, "name_rafiq" wrote: Hi I have a blank vanilla template where recipient details are mail merged, senders company address is static and senders information is prompted for. But one problem I have is that this entire process is automated by a macro and the main body of the text has not yet been completed. So my problem is that once the document is mail merged to more then one contact you have to copy and paste the main body of the text to the rest of the letters. Is there a way that as the user types the body of the text it is copied through to the rest of the letters. Howdy, I am not certain that I understand your situation correctly, but... How about creating a Template that includes what you describe as the "main body of the text"? All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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