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Default Still having Problems

FWIW it's more to do with what happens when you insert an addess from the
address book into Word - word uses the Addresslayout autotext entry to lay
out the fields, and it is evidently still going wrong in this case. This
conversation was last "active several months ago so you may not be seeing
the original posts. I'll try researching this when I have a bit more time
(not for a few days now) but you are of course welcome to do so!

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"Islandtop" wrote in message
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I am not sure I understand your problem but I have a thought to consider.
Does your data have a header name for every column of data. If you have a
column with no header name then the mail merge will take data for a name
to
the right of the blank header column from the column to the left of the
one
you were expecting (hope that makes sense). If you had 2 columns with no
header and were trying to call data from a column to the right of both the
data would be out by 2 columns.

Islandtop


"David Krugler" wrote:

I tried just using the PR_POSTAL_ADDRESS, and I get an e-mail instead of
his Company Name. Here is what I have.....

{PR_GIVEN_NAME PR_SURNAME | PR_DISPLAY_NAME}
{PR_COMPANY_NAME
}{PR_STREET_ADDRESS}
{PR_LOCALITY}{, PR_STATE_OR_PROVINCE PR_POSTAL_CODE}

which gives me this
Joe Bloe
2787 Park Dr. NE
My City, MN 55555



and I have tried
{PR_GIVEN_NAME PR_SURNAME | PR_DISPLAY_NAME}
{PR_COMPANY_NAME
}{PR_STREET_ADDRESS}
{PR_POSTAL_ADDRESS}

and I get

Joe Bloe )
2787 Park Dr. NE
My City, MN 55555


I don't know if I can include a contact, but I am experiencing the same
thing in my office and can't figure what the difference is, except to
remove the "United States of America" item. (Basically leaving it blank)
Nothing wrong with it, but when you add the person in as a contact, it
defaults it there.

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