Text boxes are not in the text plane of the document and the merge doesn't
see them. Use frames or table cells instead.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Randy Terrell wrote:
Hello:

I am preparing Name Badges for a conference and using the Lable type
of Mail Merge. I have setup my Main document with two columns and
three rows. I need to have a banner at the bottom to which I can
apply color because we will have different colors for different
attendees, such as MEMBER, GUEST, SPEAKER, etc. My database (Word
Table) document has the following fields: NAME, First Name, Last
Name, Education, Title. The problem is with the Title field. I
added a Text Box near the bottom of the cell so I could apply color
to it for the banner I mentioned above. When I toggle between View
Merged Data and the Field Codes, I notice that the Title field in the
Text Box of the Next Record is not picking up the correct data. The
data from the first record is being merged into the Text Box of the
Next Record.

Does Mail Merge NOT work well with Text Box?