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Getting international addresses to format correctly in a mail merg
Outlook 2003 seems to understand how to format international address, but
when I do a mail merge for address labels they format incorrectly. The particular problem is where the postal code goes for certain countries. Here is an example: Outlook 2003 (correct): 5009 Cordoba Argentina Mail merge (incorrect): Cordoba 5009 Argentina I am using the insert address block to format the address and the, "Format address according to the destination/region" checked. |
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Getting international addresses to format correctly in a mail merg
I'm sure Word's international formatting is better than when I last looked,
but as you say it certainly reverses the code and city in the case you mention and perhaps others. When I last looked at how Outlook worked with addresses, I concluded that only a small number of "patterns" were in use worldwide (I think it was only 5 or 6), and I have to conclude that Outlook either usually or always gets it right but that Word sometimes gets it wrong. I suspect that the only things you can do are a. report the problem to Microsoft, e.g. by e-mailing (don't expect anything to be fixed, though!) b. use individual fields rather than the Addressblock, at least for those countries where you know Word gets it wrong. Graham Mayor has relevant pages on his website that should help you he http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm and http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm Peter Jamieson "ldgoss" wrote in message ... Outlook 2003 seems to understand how to format international address, but when I do a mail merge for address labels they format incorrectly. The particular problem is where the postal code goes for certain countries. Here is an example: Outlook 2003 (correct): 5009 Cordoba Argentina Mail merge (incorrect): Cordoba 5009 Argentina I am using the insert address block to format the address and the, "Format address according to the destination/region" checked. |
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Getting international addresses to format correctly in a mail merg
Don't use the Address Block. Just insert the individual merge fields that
you want to use in the configuration that YOU want them. -- 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 "ldgoss" wrote in message ... Outlook 2003 seems to understand how to format international address, but when I do a mail merge for address labels they format incorrectly. The particular problem is where the postal code goes for certain countries. Here is an example: Outlook 2003 (correct): 5009 Cordoba Argentina Mail merge (incorrect): Cordoba 5009 Argentina I am using the insert address block to format the address and the, "Format address according to the destination/region" checked. |
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