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Default Mail Merge - multiple Access tables as data source

Is there a way to use fields from more than one table in a Word mail merge? I
have a table that shows information from related tables (such as names from a
Contacts table), but when I merge into a Word document, it brings in the
related table's record id, rather than the displayed information. For
example, it brings in the ContactID, rather than the contact's Fullname.
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Default Mail Merge - multiple Access tables as data source

Create a select query in Access that links the tables together by the
relevant fields and displays the required data. Then use that query as the
data source.

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Is there a way to use fields from more than one table in a Word mail
merge? I
have a table that shows information from related tables (such as names
from a
Contacts table), but when I merge into a Word document, it brings in the
related table's record id, rather than the displayed information. For
example, it brings in the ContactID, rather than the contact's Fullname.



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