You should apply the formatting to the mergefields before completing the
merge.

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"Notatechie" wrote in message
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I want to make name badges for a conference. I have successfully merged
my
(Excel)database with my main (Word 2000)document and have formatted the
mergefields in the first label. How do I apply the same formatting to the
remaining (188) labels without going to each and every label?