Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
|
|||
|
|||
Lineing up merged data properly on printout
I have a letter that I want to print that has data being merged from an
Access database. The letter should look as follows: Dear Dr. Jones, Here is the information about your patient Tim Smith: Classification: {Mergefield1} Discrepancy: {Mergefield2} Midline: {Mergefield3} Sincerely, Mark In order to get the text of the letter to line up properly, I did the following: {Advance \x 60} Classification: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield1} {Advance \x 60} Discrepancy: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield2} {Advance \x 60} Midline: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield3} This works fine unless the data in {Mergefield2} is too long. Then what happens is when the data gets to the right margin of the page, it goes to the next line. Instead of lining up with the data 200 points from the left margin, the next line starts all the way at he left margin of the page. How can I get the spillover from a mergefield to resume on the next line, but 200 points from the left margin, so it lines up with the other mergefield data? Thanks, Mark |
#2
Posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
|
|||
|
|||
Lineing up merged data properly on printout
Insert a two column table in the document with the Classification,
Discrepancy and Midline in cells in the left column and the mergefields in the corresponding cells in the second column. Use Ctrl+Alt+U to remove the border from the table. Alternatively, format each paragraph with a hanging indent and a matching tab stop. -- 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 "magicdds" wrote in message ... I have a letter that I want to print that has data being merged from an Access database. The letter should look as follows: Dear Dr. Jones, Here is the information about your patient Tim Smith: Classification: {Mergefield1} Discrepancy: {Mergefield2} Midline: {Mergefield3} Sincerely, Mark In order to get the text of the letter to line up properly, I did the following: {Advance \x 60} Classification: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield1} {Advance \x 60} Discrepancy: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield2} {Advance \x 60} Midline: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield3} This works fine unless the data in {Mergefield2} is too long. Then what happens is when the data gets to the right margin of the page, it goes to the next line. Instead of lining up with the data 200 points from the left margin, the next line starts all the way at he left margin of the page. How can I get the spillover from a mergefield to resume on the next line, but 200 points from the left margin, so it lines up with the other mergefield data? Thanks, Mark |
#3
Posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
|
|||
|
|||
Lineing up merged data properly on printout
Without going into detail, a table will not work in my form letter. The
second suggestion sounds like it may work but I don't understand how to do a hanging indent and a matching tab stop. Could you please explain that method in a little more detail. Thanks, Mark "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Insert a two column table in the document with the Classification, Discrepancy and Midline in cells in the left column and the mergefields in the corresponding cells in the second column. Use Ctrl+Alt+U to remove the border from the table. Alternatively, format each paragraph with a hanging indent and a matching tab stop. -- 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 "magicdds" wrote in message ... I have a letter that I want to print that has data being merged from an Access database. The letter should look as follows: Dear Dr. Jones, Here is the information about your patient Tim Smith: Classification: {Mergefield1} Discrepancy: {Mergefield2} Midline: {Mergefield3} Sincerely, Mark In order to get the text of the letter to line up properly, I did the following: {Advance \x 60} Classification: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield1} {Advance \x 60} Discrepancy: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield2} {Advance \x 60} Midline: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield3} This works fine unless the data in {Mergefield2} is too long. Then what happens is when the data gets to the right margin of the page, it goes to the next line. Instead of lining up with the data 200 points from the left margin, the next line starts all the way at he left margin of the page. How can I get the spillover from a mergefield to resume on the next line, but 200 points from the left margin, so it lines up with the other mergefield data? Thanks, Mark |
#4
Posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
|
|||
|
|||
Lineing up merged data properly on printout
FormatParagraph
-- 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 "magicdds" wrote in message ... Without going into detail, a table will not work in my form letter. The second suggestion sounds like it may work but I don't understand how to do a hanging indent and a matching tab stop. Could you please explain that method in a little more detail. Thanks, Mark "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: Insert a two column table in the document with the Classification, Discrepancy and Midline in cells in the left column and the mergefields in the corresponding cells in the second column. Use Ctrl+Alt+U to remove the border from the table. Alternatively, format each paragraph with a hanging indent and a matching tab stop. -- 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 "magicdds" wrote in message ... I have a letter that I want to print that has data being merged from an Access database. The letter should look as follows: Dear Dr. Jones, Here is the information about your patient Tim Smith: Classification: {Mergefield1} Discrepancy: {Mergefield2} Midline: {Mergefield3} Sincerely, Mark In order to get the text of the letter to line up properly, I did the following: {Advance \x 60} Classification: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield1} {Advance \x 60} Discrepancy: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield2} {Advance \x 60} Midline: {Advance \x 200} {Mergefield3} This works fine unless the data in {Mergefield2} is too long. Then what happens is when the data gets to the right margin of the page, it goes to the next line. Instead of lining up with the data 200 points from the left margin, the next line starts all the way at he left margin of the page. How can I get the spillover from a mergefield to resume on the next line, but 200 points from the left margin, so it lines up with the other mergefield data? Thanks, Mark |
Reply |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Not all the data from my data source appears in my merged documen | Mailmerge | |||
Excell Data not displaying properly | Mailmerge | |||
Some fields merge properly and others don't show data | Mailmerge | |||
Why doesn't embedded data in some word documents print properly | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Merged data that is present in data source is missing in merge | Mailmerge |