[Peter Jamieson]

As far as putting the field name next to the number is concerned, in Word
2003 you can also try

{ MERGEFIELD home \f " home" }
{ MERGEFIELD work \f " work" }

However, whether this will suppress blanks for you depends on your layout -
it may not work within tables for example, and if it doesn't, you would be
forced to the { IF } field approach Doug describes (or create a query in
Access that does much the same thing).

Peter Jamieson

"varlene" wrote in message
...
I am creating a directory using Word 2003 Mail Merge with Access. Some
contacts have just one number while others have many. I don't want to
waste
space by adding a Text Label for each one--e.g., Home, Work, Fax, Cell if
there's no data for them. I would like the field name to print next to
the
fields that actually contain data. How can I do this? For instance, I
would
like this as a result:
(555) 555-1212 home (where home is the field label)
(555) 555-1313 work (where work is the field label)

Also I want to this to print in three columns, 2-sided, 2-folds so that
when
folded it will have a cover page on the front and the first name will
appear
on the inside on the 1st column work its way down to the 2nd column and
then
to the 3rd and then to the 1st column on the 2nd (back page) and then the
2nd
column. Am I going to run into any problems using mail merge? I'm using
tables and want to keep the whole record together and have it not break
into
the next column. Any suggestions?
Thanks,