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How do I move data base fields into the order I want?
I'm trying to set up a client data base and the fields are not in the order I
want. I have tried everything I know to move them. They move, but don't stay where I move them to! There's NO way for me to reset the order of my custom data base fields. Please help. |
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How do I move data base fields into the order I want?
Hi ?B?QmVh?=,
I'm trying to set up a client data base and the fields are not in the order I want. I have tried everything I know to move them. They move, but don't stay where I move them to! There's NO way for me to reset the order of my custom data base fields. May we assume you're referring to the order of the columns in the Recipients dialog box of Word 2002 or 2003? If that's the case, then you can't influence this. Someone at Microsoft decided it would be "really cool" to "help" the user by automatically putting the columns in the "best" order. And didn't give us any way to change that. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How do I move data base fields into the order I want?
Many thanks Cindy. I appreciate your confirming what I had discovered. I
will simply find another data base program for my client list. Thanks again for the input. Bea "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?QmVh?=, I'm trying to set up a client data base and the fields are not in the order I want. I have tried everything I know to move them. They move, but don't stay where I move them to! There's NO way for me to reset the order of my custom data base fields. May we assume you're referring to the order of the columns in the Recipients dialog box of Word 2002 or 2003? If that's the case, then you can't influence this. Someone at Microsoft decided it would be "really cool" to "help" the user by automatically putting the columns in the "best" order. And didn't give us any way to change that. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How do I move data base fields into the order I want?
Hi Bea,
I appreciate your confirming what I had discovered. I will simply find another data base program for my client list. Thanks again for the input. Just to be sure we're clear on this: the problem is with Word and not your database. If you want to use Word for mail merge, you're going to have the problem no matter what database you use. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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