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MAC WORD 2004 - Data Merge Manager not in tools menu
Using MAC WORD 2004
I'm trying to do a mail merge and in the help section, and a variety of other places online, it says to go to the Data Merge Manager under the tools menu. There is no Data Merge Manager, only something that says, "Merge Documents." And that's not working, it says there's a conflicting formatting change with the csv file, then it imports all the info all messed up, without allowing me to insert fields where I want them to be. Please help. PS. What I'm actually doing is trying to take the Address Book from Entourage and print it on filofax (3.5 x 5.75) paper for an Address Book. I've found a bunch of Address Book programs for the PC that easily do this, but nothing for the MAC, so I'm trying to create one myself by created a doc to look like this: http://www.filofaxusa.com/store/SEUR...perrefills.htm Code: 930200 So if anyone knows of an Address book printing software that would work on MAC, that would be most helpful. |
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MAC WORD 2004 - Data Merge Manager not in tools menu
A quote from a response by Daiya Mitchell over in the the
microsoft.public.mac.office.word group: ----------------------------- Make sure you didn't accidentally turn on "Word 5.1 Menus". Look under View to see if there's a check next to that option, uncheck if so. If that isn't the problem: If you go to Tools | Customize Toolbars/Menus, select the Menu Bar, and click Reset, it should set all your main menus and built-in toolbars back to the default. ----------------------------- -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "fidelio1st" wrote in message ... Using MAC WORD 2004 I'm trying to do a mail merge and in the help section, and a variety of other places online, it says to go to the Data Merge Manager under the tools menu. There is no Data Merge Manager, only something that says, "Merge Documents." And that's not working, it says there's a conflicting formatting change with the csv file, then it imports all the info all messed up, without allowing me to insert fields where I want them to be. Please help. PS. What I'm actually doing is trying to take the Address Book from Entourage and print it on filofax (3.5 x 5.75) paper for an Address Book. I've found a bunch of Address Book programs for the PC that easily do this, but nothing for the MAC, so I'm trying to create one myself by created a doc to look like this: http://www.filofaxusa.com/store/SEUR...perrefills.htm Code: 930200 So if anyone knows of an Address book printing software that would work on MAC, that would be most helpful. |
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MAC WORD 2004 - Data Merge creating error
Thanks for your response. I actually found the Data Merge Manager under File
instead of Tools. Now I'm working on a template in Word to Data Merge. Another problem came up: I exported my Entourage Address Book to a CSV file. When I do a data merge, it comes up with an error that says: "Record 16 does not have the same number as the first row in ContactsExport.csv. Ensure all the records have the same number of fields." So I deleted all columns after the last one with a header. I even deleted row 16 and saved under a different file name, then reopened in the data merge, and it came up with the same error. (FYI there are 1465 records/rows of contacts) |
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MAC WORD 2004 - Data Merge creating error
1. In this case, could you connect to the Office Address Book instead of
exporting (I think that you get a reduced number of fields). 2. When you export, do you get a tab-delimited file? I find here that I have to add a column to the header to get the number of fields in the records to match the number in the header. However, I have not yet worked out which column is missing (The last one here is "Interests"). 3. I would look for two types of problem in the data: a. use of delimiter characters (either tab or, more likely I think, Enter, or possibly even double-quote characters) in the data itself. Entourage does not appear to export tabs that occur in the data but I haven't checked what happens with any of the other possibilities b. very long lines, if your Address book/Contacts entries have lots of information in them. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "fidelio1st" wrote in message ... Thanks for your response. I actually found the Data Merge Manager under File instead of Tools. Now I'm working on a template in Word to Data Merge. Another problem came up: I exported my Entourage Address Book to a CSV file. When I do a data merge, it comes up with an error that says: "Record 16 does not have the same number as the first row in ContactsExport.csv. Ensure all the records have the same number of fields." So I deleted all columns after the last one with a header. I even deleted row 16 and saved under a different file name, then reopened in the data merge, and it came up with the same error. (FYI there are 1465 records/rows of contacts) |
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