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I am trying to help someone who has over 200 records of information in Excel
2007 which includes date fields and hyperlink fields and is merging to a
directory in Word 2007. I was able to get the date formatting to merge
correctly using the confirm file conversion on open, but the hyperlinks do
not appear as a hyperlink after the merge. I tried using the information in
http://support.microsoft.com/default/aspx/kb/912679 but it didn't work
correctly.

I also tried importing the Excel data into Access and change the field to
hyperlink field type, but that didn't merge with a hyperlink field either.

Any suggestions?
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See whether page 31 onwards of this book is any use to you
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c...ail+merge+2007

Andrea

"Kim" wrote:

I am trying to help someone who has over 200 records of information in Excel
2007 which includes date fields and hyperlink fields and is merging to a
directory in Word 2007. I was able to get the date formatting to merge
correctly using the confirm file conversion on open, but the hyperlinks do
not appear as a hyperlink after the merge. I tried using the information in
http://support.microsoft.com/default/aspx/kb/912679 but it didn't work
correctly.

I also tried importing the Excel data into Access and change the field to
hyperlink field type, but that didn't merge with a hyperlink field either.

Any suggestions?

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I wasn't able to view page 31 because of viewing limit on the web.


"Andrea Jones" wrote:

See whether page 31 onwards of this book is any use to you
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c...ail+merge+2007

Andrea

"Kim" wrote:

I am trying to help someone who has over 200 records of information in Excel
2007 which includes date fields and hyperlink fields and is merging to a
directory in Word 2007. I was able to get the date formatting to merge
correctly using the confirm file conversion on open, but the hyperlinks do
not appear as a hyperlink after the merge. I tried using the information in
http://support.microsoft.com/default/aspx/kb/912679 but it didn't work
correctly.

I also tried importing the Excel data into Access and change the field to
hyperlink field type, but that didn't merge with a hyperlink field either.

Any suggestions?

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If you execute the merge to a new document and then use Alt+F9 to toggle on
the display of field codes, do the hyperlink fields then appear?

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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

"Kim" wrote in message
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I wasn't able to view page 31 because of viewing limit on the web.


"Andrea Jones" wrote:

See whether page 31 onwards of this book is any use to you
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c...ail+merge+2007

Andrea

"Kim" wrote:

I am trying to help someone who has over 200 records of information in
Excel
2007 which includes date fields and hyperlink fields and is merging to
a
directory in Word 2007. I was able to get the date formatting to merge
correctly using the confirm file conversion on open, but the hyperlinks
do
not appear as a hyperlink after the merge. I tried using the
information in
http://support.microsoft.com/default/aspx/kb/912679 but it didn't work
correctly.

I also tried importing the Excel data into Access and change the field
to
hyperlink field type, but that didn't merge with a hyperlink field
either.

Any suggestions?



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Default merging hyperlink fields from excel to Word 2007

I was able to get them to appear once along with the word Hyperlink. But when
I tried doing it again to show her it didn't work. She just decided go to
each occurrence (over 100 of them) and press the space bar afterward. It was
a one time thing so she thought it easier to do that than waste a lot of time
trying to get the other way to work.




"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

If you execute the merge to a new document and then use Alt+F9 to toggle on
the display of field codes, do the hyperlink fields then appear?

--
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

"Kim" wrote in message
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I wasn't able to view page 31 because of viewing limit on the web.


"Andrea Jones" wrote:

See whether page 31 onwards of this book is any use to you
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c...ail+merge+2007

Andrea

"Kim" wrote:

I am trying to help someone who has over 200 records of information in
Excel
2007 which includes date fields and hyperlink fields and is merging to
a
directory in Word 2007. I was able to get the date formatting to merge
correctly using the confirm file conversion on open, but the hyperlinks
do
not appear as a hyperlink after the merge. I tried using the
information in
http://support.microsoft.com/default/aspx/kb/912679 but it didn't work
correctly.

I also tried importing the Excel data into Access and change the field
to
hyperlink field type, but that didn't merge with a hyperlink field
either.

Any suggestions?




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