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mail merge filter issue
Hi beaniebug7,
The same approach works for all Office versions, from '97 onwards. Do note that you need to pay careful attention to the spacing - especially the space after the ''. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "beaniebug7" wrote in message ... Hi there!!! thank you for the response, but i still can't get it to work - i'm using office 7 - does that make a difference? i'm not sure what i doing wrong beaniebug confusion "macropod" wrote: Hi beaniebug7, You could use a SKIPIF field in the mailmerge main document coded along the lines of: {SKIPIF{MERGEFIELD Last_Name} "{FILLIN "Output records for Last Names beginning with" \o}*"} This will allow you to merge all records for last lames beginning with 'S', for example, or beginning with 'Mc', etc. Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste them from this message. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "beaniebug7" wrote in message ... i'm trying to filter a list by the first letter of the last name, but the filter in word does not give the option "begins with" - any other ways to accomplish this? . |
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