Thanks for the suggestions.
Tried the suggestions, but no luck.

I had actually simplified my original question.

What I am doing is trying to create special numbered tickets and
the only merge data is a sequential number text format) from one spreadsheet
column.

I hate to give up but will use WordPerfect.
Thanks again,
Roger

I wouldn't have thought that the field shading would have printed even if
your diagnosis is correct?

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
The grey background appears because under ToolsOptionsView,
"Always" is selected under the "Field shading:" pulldown in the
"Show" section of the dialog.

Your more serious problem however is that you are not actually
executing the mail merge, just previewing and printing the results in
the mailmerge main document. While that may be satisfactory in your
case, it does lead to all sorts of defiiciencies in the process which
do not occur if the merge is executed either to the printer or to a
new document.

"Roger Giler" wrote in message
...
When I use data from Excel in an MS Word 2003 label mail-merge, the
merged fields appear on a grey background.
That is also the way it prints.
I must have messed up somewhere. But where?
How do I get the data to appear in black on a white background?
Thanks.
Roger

See http://www.gmayor.com/Numbered_labels.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Roger Giler wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions.
Tried the suggestions, but no luck.

I had actually simplified my original question.

What I am doing is trying to create special numbered tickets and
the only merge data is a sequential number text format) from one
spreadsheet column.

I hate to give up but will use WordPerfect.
Thanks again,
Roger

I wouldn't have thought that the field shading would have printed
even if your diagnosis is correct?


Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
The grey background appears because under ToolsOptionsView,
"Always" is selected under the "Field shading:" pulldown in the
"Show" section of the dialog.

Your more serious problem however is that you are not actually
executing the mail merge, just previewing and printing the results in
the mailmerge main document. While that may be satisfactory in your
case, it does lead to all sorts of defiiciencies in the process which
do not occur if the merge is executed either to the printer or to a
new document.

"Roger Giler" wrote in message
...
When I use data from Excel in an MS Word 2003 label mail-merge, the
merged fields appear on a grey background.
That is also the way it prints.
I must have messed up somewhere. But where?
How do I get the data to appear in black on a white background?
Thanks.
Roger