Just a few thoughts:
a. which version of Word? Assuming Word 2002/2003...
b. are the records visible in "Edit Recipients" ?
c. does the data appear when you preview?
d. if you are able to add or delete records to/from your data source for
test purposes, suppose you insert a record at the beginning. Are the same
three records missing? Or is the first of them now visible, the last two
missing, and the next record missing as well? Or what?

I am trying to merge a few pages of labels. I created the main document,
and
have two pages of labels

Do you mean that your mail merge main document is a two page document? Is
there a particular reason for that (normally you can get away with one
unless you need to do double-sided stuff).

Peter Jamieson


"Gary Lee" wrote in message
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I am trying to merge a few pages of labels. I created the main document,
and
have two pages of labels, with the Next Record indicator. There are a
total
of 47 labels, and for some reason, when i create the document, three
consecutive labels in the middle are missing. Everything is the same, the
data source is all correct and the records checked. Any suggestions?

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

If you're doing a letter type merge, you don't need a Next record field.
In
essence, Word reads a record, takes the mail merge main document and
substitutes all the merge fields etc., and when it gets to the end, it
moves
to the next record automatically and starts processing the mail merge
main
document again. That'swhy, for example, if you are doing a label merge,
you
need a next record before each label /except/ the first one.

Peter Jamieson

"xlntgaltw68" wrote in message
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This happens every once in a while and I can't figure out what the
problem
is. I have an Excel datasheet, all cells are filled out. I go to
Word,
set
up my document, insert my merge fields, and insert the 'next-record' at
the
bottom of the page. They are right there in the merge recipients list
with
check marks and all the data is visible, and when I toggle to view the
merged
data, all records are there but when I merge to a new document or the
printer, every other one isn't showing up!!! Where are they going and
why??
This is making me crazy as I have to merge each individual record to
the
printer one at a time!!!