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Mutliple lines of data per merge document
Hello, I have perused previous posts but I wasn't sure I saw exactly what I was looking for. So I'll post my question here... I have to execute an e-mail merge in word. I will be given an excel spreadsheet to begin with. The data in the spreadsheet will be sorted on one column (in ascending order) called "Customer Name." Each record will have a Customer Name field and then 7 or 8 fields worth of data on the same row that need to be included in the merge. For a given customer name -- I have to include _all_ lines of data for that customer. There could be 4 lines (records) or 40. Then -- when I get to a new customer in the list, I need word to skip to the next document and repeat the process. I can do a basic e-mail merge no problem -- it's just that I don't understand how to automate the process so that each word doc will neatly print the appropriate number of lines in the body of the doc before recognizing a new Customer Name and moving on. I have seen some hints that merges like this are easier in Access? If so -- I'm all ears -- as I use Access quite frequently as well. So -- would it be better to take that excel spreadsheet and export it into Access...and then...? Thanks so much in advance! -Trey |
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Hey -- I didn't think my previous post had gone through (from Sept. 6) -- I just didn't look closely at the list and when I submitted it -- it errored so I reposted today. Sorry about that. Thanks to Doug Robbins for replying to my previous post! -Trey "Trey" wrote: Hello, I have perused previous posts but I wasn't sure I saw exactly what I was looking for. So I'll post my question here... I have to execute an e-mail merge in word. I will be given an excel spreadsheet to begin with. The data in the spreadsheet will be sorted on one column (in ascending order) called "Customer Name." Each record will have a Customer Name field and then 7 or 8 fields worth of data on the same row that need to be included in the merge. For a given customer name -- I have to include _all_ lines of data for that customer. There could be 4 lines (records) or 40. Then -- when I get to a new customer in the list, I need word to skip to the next document and repeat the process. I can do a basic e-mail merge no problem -- it's just that I don't understand how to automate the process so that each word doc will neatly print the appropriate number of lines in the body of the doc before recognizing a new Customer Name and moving on. I have seen some hints that merges like this are easier in Access? If so -- I'm all ears -- as I use Access quite frequently as well. So -- would it be better to take that excel spreadsheet and export it into Access...and then...? Thanks so much in advance! -Trey |
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