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Mail Merge insert merge fields
Hi, Ive had some problems with mail merge in word 2000. Fist I didn't have
any mail merge setting under tools, I've solved that problem, now when I do a mail merge to make labels with a works 8 database I've ran into another problem, this used to work before. I click on mail merge under tools, mail merge helper comes up, I click on createmailing labelsactive windowget data ( works 8 database file)open data source header record delimiter comes up, in the preview window everything looks unreadable (IIIIIIIII"""::;hhjgaaa^^^^)sample, I click OK anywaysetup main document label option OKcreate labels windowsInsert merge field, I click on it, only one insert field unreadable same as above sample, there are no First name, Last name or street address fields, merge is grayed out can't finish merge. I can't figure out whats wrong. If someone ran in this before and solved this please let me know, I thank you for your time and patience DannyL |
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Mail Merge insert merge fields
Word has no ability to use data from a Works database without the assistance
of the dreadful Works add-in for Word that comes with the Works Suite. The simplest solution is to save the database in CSV format then convert that to a Word Table which you can use as a datasource. See http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm for some of the steps. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Dannyl wrote: Hi, Ive had some problems with mail merge in word 2000. Fist I didn't have any mail merge setting under tools, I've solved that problem, now when I do a mail merge to make labels with a works 8 database I've ran into another problem, this used to work before. I click on mail merge under tools, mail merge helper comes up, I click on createmailing labelsactive windowget data ( works 8 database file)open data source header record delimiter comes up, in the preview window everything looks unreadable (IIIIIIIII"""::;hhjgaaa^^^^)sample, I click OK anywaysetup main document label option OKcreate labels windowsInsert merge field, I click on it, only one insert field unreadable same as above sample, there are no First name, Last name or street address fields, merge is grayed out can't finish merge. I can't figure out whats wrong. If someone ran in this before and solved this please let me know, I thank you for your time and patience DannyL |
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