Word does place the data in the order left to right and then down. What
type of main document are you using. If it's a catalog or directory type,
you should have a single row table in the main document with a Next
Record field before the first merge field in each cell of the table EXCEPT
the first. If it's a label type document, you need the Next Record
field before the first merge field in all cells EXCEPT the first on the
sheet.

But, why don't you do it all in Access?

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"Janazago" wrote in message
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I am trying to merge data from Access into a Word Document. I have a
table with 5 columns for my main document. I have about 150 records in
my database.

I want to put a specific record into various cells in the table. I
tried "next If" and put in the criteria. It just repeated the first
record.

I also put my data in the order I wanted it and then just used "Next
Record." That worked until I tried to span the records across the
table and then down. It did not merge the records into the cells I
wanted them in.

Does Word read from left to right and then down? If so, that should
have worked.

Frustrated...I can't get this do do what I want. HELP!


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Janazago