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Lable Merge won't work for me...
Hi, I'm using Office XP, the database was made using *I think* Filemaker Pro
The database has First Name Last Name Address City State Zip these fields. I have sheets of blank Avery labels on which I want to merge the information from the database. However, when I go through the merge wizard, once I click OK after the I select the data source and names, then click OK, all I get is a sheet full of labels, each label has Next Record in it. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong? Is it possible the datasource is not compatible? -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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It sounds as if you have not performed the merge. See "How to use the mail
merge to create mailing labels in Word 2002" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294684 for complete instructions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP, the database was made using *I think* Filemaker Pro The database has First Name Last Name Address City State Zip these fields. I have sheets of blank Avery labels on which I want to merge the information from the database. However, when I go through the merge wizard, once I click OK after the I select the data source and names, then click OK, all I get is a sheet full of labels, each label has Next Record in it. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong? Is it possible the datasource is not compatible? -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Joe Fisher wrote: Hi, I'm using Office XP, the database was made using *I think* Filemaker Pro The database has First Name Last Name Address City State Zip these fields. I have sheets of blank Avery labels on which I want to merge the information from the database. However, when I go through the merge wizard, once I click OK after the I select the data source and names, then click OK, all I get is a sheet full of labels, each label has Next Record in it. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong? Is it possible the datasource is not compatible? |
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Thank you Suzanne. I hadn't seen some of the options.
I found the merge wizard easier to use in Office 97.:-) -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have not performed the merge. See "How to use the mail merge to create mailing labels in Word 2002" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294684 for complete instructions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP, the database was made using *I think* Filemaker Pro The database has First Name Last Name Address City State Zip these fields. I have sheets of blank Avery labels on which I want to merge the information from the database. However, when I go through the merge wizard, once I click OK after the I select the data source and names, then click OK, all I get is a sheet full of labels, each label has Next Record in it. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong? Is it possible the datasource is not compatible? -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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TY
Joe "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm |
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You can restore the old Mail Merge Helper from Tools | Customize.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Thank you Suzanne. I hadn't seen some of the options. I found the merge wizard easier to use in Office 97.:-) -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have not performed the merge. See "How to use the merge to create mailing labels in Word 2002" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294684 for complete instructions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP, the database was made using *I think* Filemaker Pro The database has First Name Last Name Address City State Zip these fields. I have sheets of blank Avery labels on which I want to merge the information from the database. However, when I go through the merge wizard, once I click OK after the I select the data source and names, then click OK, all I get is a sheet full of labels, each label has Next Record in it. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong? Is it possible the datasource is not compatible? -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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Would you suggest that I do that? As I said, I liked the old one better, but
then again, I haven't used the now one hardly at all. Are there advantages to the new layout that I should get used ito? Instead of reverting? -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You can restore the old Mail Merge Helper from Tools | Customize. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Thank you Suzanne. I hadn't seen some of the options. I found the merge wizard easier to use in Office 97.:-) -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have not performed the merge. See "How to use the merge to create mailing labels in Word 2002" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294684 for complete instructions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP, the database was made using *I think* Filemaker Pro The database has First Name Last Name Address City State Zip these fields. I have sheets of blank Avery labels on which I want to merge the information from the database. However, when I go through the merge wizard, once I click OK after the I select the data source and names, then click OK, all I get is a sheet full of labels, each label has Next Record in it. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong? Is it possible the datasource is not compatible? -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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As a compromise, see
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/...MailMerges.htm. This is the approach I like because I know what I'm doing, and I can set up an entire merge (or run an existing one) from the Mail Merge toolbar, without help from either Helper or Wizard. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Would you suggest that I do that? As I said, I liked the old one better, but then again, I haven't used the now one hardly at all. Are there advantages to the new layout that I should get used ito? Instead of reverting? -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You can restore the old Mail Merge Helper from Tools | Customize. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Thank you Suzanne. I hadn't seen some of the options. I found the merge wizard easier to use in Office 97.:-) -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have not performed the merge. See "How to use the merge to create mailing labels in Word 2002" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294684 for complete instructions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP, the database was made using *I think* Filemaker Pro The database has First Name Last Name Address City State Zip these fields. I have sheets of blank Avery labels on which I want to merge the information from the database. However, when I go through the merge wizard, once I click OK after the I select the data source and names, then click OK, all I get is a sheet full of labels, each label has Next Record in it. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong? Is it possible the datasource is not compatible? -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Joe Fisher wrote: Would you suggest that I do that? As I said, I liked the old one better, but then again, I haven't used the now one hardly at all. Are there advantages to the new layout that I should get used ito? Instead of reverting? You can restore the old Mail Merge Helper from Tools | Customize. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Thank you Suzanne. I hadn't seen some of the options. I found the merge wizard easier to use in Office 97.:-) -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have not performed the merge. See "How to use the mail merge to create mailing labels in Word 2002" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294684 for complete instructions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP, the database was made using *I think* Filemaker Pro The database has First Name Last Name Address City State Zip these fields. I have sheets of blank Avery labels on which I want to merge the information from the database. However, when I go through the merge wizard, once I click OK after the I select the data source and names, then click OK, all I get is a sheet full of labels, each label has Next Record in it. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong? Is it possible the datasource is not compatible? -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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Oops - I see we have been here before
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Graham Mayor wrote: See http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm Joe Fisher wrote: Would you suggest that I do that? As I said, I liked the old one better, but then again, I haven't used the now one hardly at all. Are there advantages to the new layout that I should get used ito? Instead of reverting? You can restore the old Mail Merge Helper from Tools | Customize. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Thank you Suzanne. I hadn't seen some of the options. I found the merge wizard easier to use in Office 97.:-) -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It sounds as if you have not performed the merge. See "How to use the mail merge to create mailing labels in Word 2002" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=294684 for complete instructions. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP, the database was made using *I think* Filemaker Pro The database has First Name Last Name Address City State Zip these fields. I have sheets of blank Avery labels on which I want to merge the information from the database. However, when I go through the merge wizard, once I click OK after the I select the data source and names, then click OK, all I get is a sheet full of labels, each label has Next Record in it. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong? Is it possible the datasource is not compatible? -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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