I tried MERGEREC and that works fine for me. I had not understood Peter's
response but upon educating myself I finally put two plus two together. Thank
you both.
Myrna

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Unless there is anther Myrna, I now see that Peter Jamieson has already
advised you to use a MERGEDEQ field that would also (or may be better) for
what you want.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Myrna" wrote in message
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Is there any way to generate a consecutive number on the output of the
Mail
Merge? I am generating a Directory and I'd like to have the first record
have
a 1, second have a 2, etc.
Thank you in advance!
Myrna