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directory doesn't merge records w/o next record field
In creating a customized directory, Word2003 stops responding whenever I try
to merge or even View Merged Data unless I have the Next Record field after the first record. Of course it then only merges every other record. How can I fix this without being restricted to Word's "Address Block"? |
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directory doesn't merge records w/o next record field
If you are actually using a Directory type mailmerge main document, and you
are actually executing the merge to a new document (which is the only possible destination) then, in that new document, you will get one set of data for each record in the data source arranged in the configuration in which you have the mergefields in the Directory type mailmerge main document. I suspect that you are not actually executing the merge. I also suggest that you turn on the display of the mailmerge toolbar by selecting Toolbars from the View menu and checking the Mailmerge item. Then use the button towards the right hand end of the toolbar to execute the merge to a new document. -- 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 "VMHulme" wrote in message ... In creating a customized directory, Word2003 stops responding whenever I try to merge or even View Merged Data unless I have the Next Record field after the first record. Of course it then only merges every other record. How can I fix this without being restricted to Word's "Address Block"? |
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directory doesn't merge records w/o next record field
I set up the main document as a directory before entering any data, opened
the data source (an Excel database), selected all recipients, inserted the merge fields (not an address block), formatted the merge fields (italic, bold, etc.), applied a picture switch to two fields (so the phone numbers would look like phone numbers), checked it for errors (there were none), and attempted to merge to a new document - all from the mail merge toolbar. But when I attempt to merge to a new document the cursor changes to an hourglass and even three hours later I still don't have a new document. If I put in the next record field, it merges every other record into a new document immediately. Does anyone know if this could be cause by a compatibility or update problem? I'm running Windows 2000 Pro and MS Office 2003. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: If you are actually using a Directory type mailmerge main document, and you are actually executing the merge to a new document (which is the only possible destination) then, in that new document, you will get one set of data for each record in the data source arranged in the configuration in which you have the mergefields in the Directory type mailmerge main document. I suspect that you are not actually executing the merge. I also suggest that you turn on the display of the mailmerge toolbar by selecting Toolbars from the View menu and checking the Mailmerge item. Then use the button towards the right hand end of the toolbar to execute the merge to a new document. -- 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 "VMHulme" wrote in message ... In creating a customized directory, Word2003 stops responding whenever I try to merge or even View Merged Data unless I have the Next Record field after the first record. Of course it then only merges every other record. How can I fix this without being restricted to Word's "Address Block"? |
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directory doesn't merge records w/o next record field
I have never run into that sort of problem before and would be very
surprised if it is a Windows 2K/Word 2003 compatibility issue. What I would try however is to select Options form the Tools menu in Word and then on the General tab, check the "Confirm conversions at open" item. Then when you attach the data source to the mail merge main document, you will be presented with a dialog in which you can select the way in which the connection to the data source is made. Try the DDE option and see if that makes a difference. -- 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 "VMHulme" wrote in message ... I set up the main document as a directory before entering any data, opened the data source (an Excel database), selected all recipients, inserted the merge fields (not an address block), formatted the merge fields (italic, bold, etc.), applied a picture switch to two fields (so the phone numbers would look like phone numbers), checked it for errors (there were none), and attempted to merge to a new document - all from the mail merge toolbar. But when I attempt to merge to a new document the cursor changes to an hourglass and even three hours later I still don't have a new document. If I put in the next record field, it merges every other record into a new document immediately. Does anyone know if this could be cause by a compatibility or update problem? I'm running Windows 2000 Pro and MS Office 2003. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: If you are actually using a Directory type mailmerge main document, and you are actually executing the merge to a new document (which is the only possible destination) then, in that new document, you will get one set of data for each record in the data source arranged in the configuration in which you have the mergefields in the Directory type mailmerge main document. I suspect that you are not actually executing the merge. I also suggest that you turn on the display of the mailmerge toolbar by selecting Toolbars from the View menu and checking the Mailmerge item. Then use the button towards the right hand end of the toolbar to execute the merge to a new document. -- 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 "VMHulme" wrote in message ... In creating a customized directory, Word2003 stops responding whenever I try to merge or even View Merged Data unless I have the Next Record field after the first record. Of course it then only merges every other record. How can I fix this without being restricted to Word's "Address Block"? |
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directory doesn't merge records w/o next record field
I found the cause of the problem! There cannot be any spaces in the merge
field option "text to be inserted before" . When I edit the merge field to automatically include the text "Ph:space" then merge to a new document - the merge locks up Word, so I had to delete the space. I didn't even know there was a space there when I entered it! I had to start from scratch and merge to a new document every time I made any minor change to the main document, but eventually I did find that this one little invisible space was causing Word to stop responding when merging. |
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