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I am using Word 2003
I have an old mail merge type document that I have been using for years. It is a merge form to fill in a form. Now I have to enter a new field to the merge. How do I do this? I tried going into the merge data and inserting a field but this did not seem to work. (put curser where I wanted the new field, went to Insert field but I could not find the list of fields that I am using with this merge document). Can anyone tell me how to do this? Aurora |
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You need to insert the field and the data for that field into the data
source before you open the mail merge main document. -- 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 "Aurora" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003 I have an old mail merge type document that I have been using for years. It is a merge form to fill in a form. Now I have to enter a new field to the merge. How do I do this? I tried going into the merge data and inserting a field but this did not seem to work. (put curser where I wanted the new field, went to Insert field but I could not find the list of fields that I am using with this merge document). Can anyone tell me how to do this? Aurora |
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That is what I tried to do. I opened my data source file and put my cursor
next to the field that I wanted to add the new field. I went into Insert field and a list of various types of mail merge fields came up. But none of them were the fields that I had created for this merge. I do not know what I am doing wrong? Aurora "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: You need to insert the field and the data for that field into the data source before you open the mail merge main document. -- 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 "Aurora" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003 I have an old mail merge type document that I have been using for years. It is a merge form to fill in a form. Now I have to enter a new field to the merge. How do I do this? I tried going into the merge data and inserting a field but this did not seem to work. (put curser where I wanted the new field, went to Insert field but I could not find the list of fields that I am using with this merge document). Can anyone tell me how to do this? Aurora |
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Assuming that your data source is a table in a Word document, insert a
column where you want the field and enter a field name in the first cell in that column and the required data in the cells in that column. -- 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 "Aurora" wrote in message ... That is what I tried to do. I opened my data source file and put my cursor next to the field that I wanted to add the new field. I went into Insert field and a list of various types of mail merge fields came up. But none of them were the fields that I had created for this merge. I do not know what I am doing wrong? Aurora "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: You need to insert the field and the data for that field into the data source before you open the mail merge main document. -- 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 "Aurora" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003 I have an old mail merge type document that I have been using for years. It is a merge form to fill in a form. Now I have to enter a new field to the merge. How do I do this? I tried going into the merge data and inserting a field but this did not seem to work. (put curser where I wanted the new field, went to Insert field but I could not find the list of fields that I am using with this merge document). Can anyone tell me how to do this? Aurora |
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THANK YOU - THANK YOU! That worked. I was missing the part about inserting
a column first and just typing in what I wanted. You have been a big help. Aurora "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Assuming that your data source is a table in a Word document, insert a column where you want the field and enter a field name in the first cell in that column and the required data in the cells in that column. -- 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 "Aurora" wrote in message ... That is what I tried to do. I opened my data source file and put my cursor next to the field that I wanted to add the new field. I went into Insert field and a list of various types of mail merge fields came up. But none of them were the fields that I had created for this merge. I do not know what I am doing wrong? Aurora "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: You need to insert the field and the data for that field into the data source before you open the mail merge main document. -- 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 "Aurora" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003 I have an old mail merge type document that I have been using for years. It is a merge form to fill in a form. Now I have to enter a new field to the merge. How do I do this? I tried going into the merge data and inserting a field but this did not seem to work. (put curser where I wanted the new field, went to Insert field but I could not find the list of fields that I am using with this merge document). Can anyone tell me how to do this? Aurora |
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