It was introduced with Word 2002. Go back to the old method and you won't
have the problem - see
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

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SueH wrote:
When adding fields to a Word Merge main document, in order to place a
field in another position, you must close the field window, then
reopen it for each field. This was new to 2003 and is driving me
crazy!

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