I, too, have had to deal with this. Here's a workaround that works for me:
I have a main merge document that includes the envelope and letter. Luckily
each letter is only one page and our printer has an envelope feeder.
Anywho, after the merge is completed, you see envelope, letter, envelope,
letter, etc. separated by section breaks. I then select Control+P, and
select "Odd Pages" in the Print dialog box to print all of the envelopes. I
then do Control+P again and select "Even Pages", which prints all of the one
page letters on letterhead.
It ain't pretty, but it works
"Mike" wrote:
Many laser printers have a multi purpose or separate manual feed tray that
can hold multiple envelopes (eg, the Lexmark T630 can hold 10 without the
envelope feeder). However, I agree this setup would not work if you don't
have a separate way to feed envelopes - otherwise you're going to be
standing by the printer for a loooong time 
.
Mike
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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That's all very well if your printer has separate bins for envelopes and
letters - and even then some printer drivers will conspire against you,
but
when it works, it works
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Mike wrote:
Okay...it works! Create a blank document, then insert a section
break (next page). On the second page (your envelope), go to file,
page setup and and format the margins & paper for an envelope (make
the margins smaller, etc.). Make sure to select "This section" when
you change the page formatting. Then create the mailing address for
the envelope - Word's envelope tool uses a frame, but I find it
easier to use a single cell table (turn off the borders).
The advantage of this - in case people are wondering why go to all
this trouble - is the letters & envelopes will be all next to each
other.
Mike
"Jim" wrote in message
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I was afraid of that. Thank you for your help, and I apologize for
misspelling envelope.
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Attempting to merge letters with envelopes together imposes some
interesting demands on the abilities of your printer and is frankly
impractical in most circumstances. It is a simple matter to create
an envelope merge and use the same data source and that is what I
would recommend. You can even use the envelope templates for
download from my web site as a start point (though you will have to
unlink the macros they contain).
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Jim wrote:
I have created a mail merge form letter document in Word 2003 that
selects recipients from an Access 2003 database using a query. I
would to print envelopes to the recipients, which is based on the
form letters, which has the name and address' placed in the
Address Block. I am trying not to create another mail merge
document for envelops, which will use the same query and the form
letter. Thanks in advance.