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Mailmerge to e-mail doesn't merge data
Mailmerge main document successfully merges to new document or to printer,
but merge-to-email selection does not merge data, creates e-mails that just show merge field tags, for example: Firstname Lastname Address Using Word/Outlook 2003. Word Options, Print has 'Update fields' box checked. Any ideas? |
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Mailmerge to e-mail doesn't merge data
Any ideas?
Not really, but... a. do you definitely have field codes in the document, i.e. if you press Alt-F9 in Word, do you see { MERGEFIELD Firstname } and so on? b. are you merging to HTML? plain text? Attachment? (I cna't see that it would make a difference but I suppose worth trying the alternatives to see what happens Peter Jamieson "Nightflyer" wrote in message ... Mailmerge main document successfully merges to new document or to printer, but merge-to-email selection does not merge data, creates e-mails that just show merge field tags, for example: Firstname Lastname Address Using Word/Outlook 2003. Word Options, Print has 'Update fields' box checked. Any ideas? |
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Mailmerge to e-mail doesn't merge data
I was trying to merge to HTML. Yes, the field codes are as you describe. I
don't think the problem is with the field codes since Merge to Printer and Merge to New Document works correctly. Since the original post, I have downloaded a third-party Word add-in (found on Microsoft Office site) called Mail Merge Toolkit that solved the problem entirely. Apparently, the basic Microsoft solution for this task is flaky if there's a market for a product that does make it work and Microsoft endorses it. I appreciate your assistance. NF "Peter Jamieson" wrote: Any ideas? Not really, but... a. do you definitely have field codes in the document, i.e. if you press Alt-F9 in Word, do you see { MERGEFIELD Firstname } and so on? b. are you merging to HTML? plain text? Attachment? (I cna't see that it would make a difference but I suppose worth trying the alternatives to see what happens Peter Jamieson "Nightflyer" wrote in message ... Mailmerge main document successfully merges to new document or to printer, but merge-to-email selection does not merge data, creates e-mails that just show merge field tags, for example: Firstname Lastname Address Using Word/Outlook 2003. Word Options, Print has 'Update fields' box checked. Any ideas? |
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