[memead]

After creating a mailmerge .dot file in Word 2003, the merge field prints
clientname1 in lieu of Bob Smith. After right-clicking on the merge field,
clicking OK, and saving, the problem is fixed. This did not happen in Word
97. If the .dot files (before and after the change) are opened in Notepad,
the following can be seen:

(Before edit, OK, and save) MERGEFIELD "clientname1" clientname1

(After edit, OK, and save) MERGEFIELD clientname1 clientname1

For some reason Word 2003 places quotation marks around the merged field.
Saving after edit removes these quotation marks. After the quotation marks
are removed, the mail merge is successful. Why does this happen?

Thanks,

Mike