[Ed]

I have a form that has a header and four "subforms". The header has
MailMerge fields for the SUBMITTER and his PHONE. Each subform
has several data fields. I have Next RECORD in front of the first
field in the second, third and forth
subforms. All of the data is in an Excel worksheet. In addition to the
data needed for the subforms, each row repeats the
SUBMITTER and PHONE, although these items are the same for all rows.

The scheme works pretty well. If there are more than four rows in the
Excel worksheet a new form is started. But, here's the glitch.
The SUBMITTER and PHONE fields are left blank in all forms but the
first. So, how do I get it to fill these fields in the second and
later forms?

TIA

Ed

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

By "header", do you mean header as in the header and footer of the document?

How are the subforms separated from each other and from the "header" If
they are in separate Sections and the "header" is of the type mentioned
above, do you have a header set up in each of those sections?

If the "header" is of the type mentioned above, you could probably achieve
what you want by linking the headers in the following sections (sub forms)
to the header in the "header"

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
I have a form that has a header and four "subforms". The header has
MailMerge fields for the SUBMITTER and his PHONE. Each subform has
several data fields. I have Next RECORD in front of the first field in
the second, third and forth
subforms. All of the data is in an Excel worksheet. In addition to the
data needed for the subforms, each row repeats the
SUBMITTER and PHONE, although these items are the same for all rows.

The scheme works pretty well. If there are more than four rows in the
Excel worksheet a new form is started. But, here's the glitch.
The SUBMITTER and PHONE fields are left blank in all forms but the first.
So, how do I get it to fill these fields in the second and later forms?

TIA

Ed

[Ed]

Doug,

I guess the best way to answer your questions is to show you the form:

http://www.efsowell.us/ed/JOCLA/JCNAMEM01Form.doc

As you can see, the SUBMITTER field is in the header (as in
header/footer). The subforms,
for want of a better term, are just Word tables in the body. There is
only one Section.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
By "header", do you mean header as in the header and footer of the
document?

How are the subforms separated from each other and from the "header"
If they are in separate Sections and the "header" is of the type
mentioned above, do you have a header set up in each of those
sections?

If the "header" is of the type mentioned above, you could probably
achieve what you want by linking the headers in the following
sections (sub forms) to the header in the "header"

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
I have a form that has a header and four "subforms". The header has
MailMerge fields for the SUBMITTER and his PHONE. Each
subform has several data fields. I have Next RECORD in front of
the first field in the second, third and forth
subforms. All of the data is in an Excel worksheet. In addition to
the data needed for the subforms, each row repeats the
SUBMITTER and PHONE, although these items are the same for all
rows.

The scheme works pretty well. If there are more than four rows in
the Excel worksheet a new form is started. But, here's the glitch.
The SUBMITTER and PHONE fields are left blank in all forms but the
first. So, how do I get it to fill these fields in the second and
later forms?

TIA

Ed

[Peter Jamieson]

Try this:

a. Put the { MERGEFIELD submitter } somewhere in your form (e.g. just after
the LASTNAME mergefield in the first block in the form.
b. Modify the field so it reads
{ MERGEFIELD submitter \*Charformat }
c. create a character style called (say) submitterstyle
d. set the font of submitterstyle to have colour white
e. apply the style to the mergefield you just entered (apply it to the
mergefield code, not the result)
f. replace the { MERGEFIELD submitter } field that you have in your header
by

{ STYLEREF submitterstyle }

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Doug,

I guess the best way to answer your questions is to show you the form:

http://www.efsowell.us/ed/JOCLA/JCNAMEM01Form.doc

As you can see, the SUBMITTER field is in the header (as in
header/footer). The subforms,
for want of a better term, are just Word tables in the body. There is only
one Section.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
By "header", do you mean header as in the header and footer of the
document?

How are the subforms separated from each other and from the "header" If
they are in separate Sections and the "header" is of the type mentioned
above, do you have a header set up in each of those sections?

If the "header" is of the type mentioned above, you could probably
achieve what you want by linking the headers in the following sections
(sub forms) to the header in the "header"

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
I have a form that has a header and four "subforms". The header has
MailMerge fields for the SUBMITTER and his PHONE. Each subform has
several data fields. I have Next RECORD in front of the first field
in the second, third and forth
subforms. All of the data is in an Excel worksheet. In addition to the
data needed for the subforms, each row repeats the
SUBMITTER and PHONE, although these items are the same for all rows.

The scheme works pretty well. If there are more than four rows in the
Excel worksheet a new form is started. But, here's the glitch.
The SUBMITTER and PHONE fields are left blank in all forms but the
first. So, how do I get it to fill these fields in the second and later
forms?

TIA

Ed

[Ed]

Thanks, Peter.

I gave it a try but it doesn't work. Perhaps I don't understand
exactly how to do Step f. I tried it with both
STYLEREF SubmitterStyle and {STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} but it
doesn't work. In fact,
now the submitter name from the data source doesn't appear on even the
first page.

What am I missing?

Ed
"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
...
Try this:

a. Put the { MERGEFIELD submitter } somewhere in your form (e.g.
just after the LASTNAME mergefield in the first block in the form.
b. Modify the field so it reads
{ MERGEFIELD submitter \*Charformat }
c. create a character style called (say) submitterstyle
d. set the font of submitterstyle to have colour white
e. apply the style to the mergefield you just entered (apply it to
the mergefield code, not the result)
f. replace the { MERGEFIELD submitter } field that you have in your
header by

{ STYLEREF submitterstyle }

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Doug,

I guess the best way to answer your questions is to show you the
form:

http://www.efsowell.us/ed/JOCLA/JCNAMEM01Form.doc

As you can see, the SUBMITTER field is in the header (as in
header/footer). The subforms,
for want of a better term, are just Word tables in the body. There
is only one Section.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
By "header", do you mean header as in the header and footer of the
document?

How are the subforms separated from each other and from the
"header" If they are in separate Sections and the "header" is of
the type mentioned above, do you have a header set up in each of
those sections?

If the "header" is of the type mentioned above, you could
probably achieve what you want by linking the headers in the
following sections (sub forms) to the header in the "header"

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
I have a form that has a header and four "subforms". The header
has MailMerge fields for the SUBMITTER and his PHONE. Each
subform has several data fields. I have Next RECORD in front
of the first field in the second, third and forth
subforms. All of the data is in an Excel worksheet. In addition
to the data needed for the subforms, each row repeats the
SUBMITTER and PHONE, although these items are the same for all
rows.

The scheme works pretty well. If there are more than four rows in
the Excel worksheet a new form is started. But, here's the
glitch.
The SUBMITTER and PHONE fields are left blank in all forms but
the first. So, how do I get it to fill these fields in the second
and later forms?

TIA

Ed

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Did you use Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters { } for {STYLEREF
SubmitterStyle} ?

The submitter name will not appear on the first page because if you followed
Peter's instructions correctly, the font in the SubmitterStyle is formatted
as white.

One thing that you might have to do however is add a \* charformat switch to
the
{STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} field and format the S of STYLEREF so that the
colour of the font is black.

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Peter.

I gave it a try but it doesn't work. Perhaps I don't understand exactly
how to do Step f. I tried it with both
STYLEREF SubmitterStyle and {STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} but it doesn't
work. In fact,
now the submitter name from the data source doesn't appear on even the
first page.

What am I missing?

Ed
"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
...
Try this:

a. Put the { MERGEFIELD submitter } somewhere in your form (e.g. just
after the LASTNAME mergefield in the first block in the form.
b. Modify the field so it reads
{ MERGEFIELD submitter \*Charformat }
c. create a character style called (say) submitterstyle
d. set the font of submitterstyle to have colour white
e. apply the style to the mergefield you just entered (apply it to the
mergefield code, not the result)
f. replace the { MERGEFIELD submitter } field that you have in your
header by

{ STYLEREF submitterstyle }

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Doug,

I guess the best way to answer your questions is to show you the form:

http://www.efsowell.us/ed/JOCLA/JCNAMEM01Form.doc

As you can see, the SUBMITTER field is in the header (as in
header/footer). The subforms,
for want of a better term, are just Word tables in the body. There is
only one Section.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
By "header", do you mean header as in the header and footer of the
document?

How are the subforms separated from each other and from the "header" If
they are in separate Sections and the "header" is of the type mentioned
above, do you have a header set up in each of those sections?

If the "header" is of the type mentioned above, you could probably
achieve what you want by linking the headers in the following sections
(sub forms) to the header in the "header"

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
I have a form that has a header and four "subforms". The header has
MailMerge fields for the SUBMITTER and his PHONE. Each subform
has several data fields. I have Next RECORD in front of the first
field in the second, third and forth
subforms. All of the data is in an Excel worksheet. In addition to the
data needed for the subforms, each row repeats the
SUBMITTER and PHONE, although these items are the same for all rows.

The scheme works pretty well. If there are more than four rows in the
Excel worksheet a new form is started. But, here's the glitch.
The SUBMITTER and PHONE fields are left blank in all forms but the
first. So, how do I get it to fill these fields in the second and
later forms?

TIA

Ed

[Ed]

Doug, Peter,

Well I wasn't using CTRL-F9, but I am now without success. I guess i
don't understand the
difference between the that is produced when a MailMerge field
is inserted and
the CTRL-F9 { }.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Did you use Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters { } for {STYLEREF
SubmitterStyle} ?

The submitter name will not appear on the first page because if you
followed Peter's instructions correctly, the font in the
SubmitterStyle is formatted as white.

One thing that you might have to do however is add a \* charformat
switch to the
{STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} field and format the S of STYLEREF so
that the colour of the font is black.

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Peter.

I gave it a try but it doesn't work. Perhaps I don't understand
exactly how to do Step f. I tried it with both
STYLEREF SubmitterStyle and {STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} but it
doesn't work. In fact,
now the submitter name from the data source doesn't appear on even
the first page.

What am I missing?

Ed
"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
...
Try this:

a. Put the { MERGEFIELD submitter } somewhere in your form (e.g.
just after the LASTNAME mergefield in the first block in the form.
b. Modify the field so it reads
{ MERGEFIELD submitter \*Charformat }
c. create a character style called (say) submitterstyle
d. set the font of submitterstyle to have colour white
e. apply the style to the mergefield you just entered (apply it to
the mergefield code, not the result)
f. replace the { MERGEFIELD submitter } field that you have in
your header by

{ STYLEREF submitterstyle }

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Doug,

I guess the best way to answer your questions is to show you the
form:

http://www.efsowell.us/ed/JOCLA/JCNAMEM01Form.doc

As you can see, the SUBMITTER field is in the header (as in
header/footer). The subforms,
for want of a better term, are just Word tables in the body.
There is only one Section.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in
message ...
By "header", do you mean header as in the header and footer of
the document?

How are the subforms separated from each other and from the
"header" If they are in separate Sections and the "header" is of
the type mentioned above, do you have a header set up in each of
those sections?

If the "header" is of the type mentioned above, you could
probably achieve what you want by linking the headers in the
following sections (sub forms) to the header in the "header"

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
I have a form that has a header and four "subforms". The header
has MailMerge fields for the SUBMITTER and his PHONE.
Each subform has several data fields. I have Next RECORD in
front of the first field in the second, third and forth
subforms. All of the data is in an Excel worksheet. In addition
to the data needed for the subforms, each row repeats the
SUBMITTER and PHONE, although these items are the same for all
rows.

The scheme works pretty well. If there are more than four rows
in the Excel worksheet a new form is started. But, here's the
glitch.
The SUBMITTER and PHONE fields are left blank in all forms but
the first. So, how do I get it to fill these fields in the
second and later forms?

TIA

Ed

[Peter Jamieson]

Well I wasn't using CTRL-F9, but I am now without success. I guess i don't
understand the
difference between the that is produced when a MailMerge field is
inserted and
the CTRL-F9 { }.

With most field types, Word can either display
a. the field code (e.g. { REF xyz }
b. the field result - if the bookmark xyz is set to "23.2", the result of
{ REF xyz } is 23.2

You can toggle between "codes" and "results"

With Merge fields, "results" can be displayed in two different ways,
depending on whether you are previewing the data or not. So you might see
a. a field code such as { MERGEFIELD myfield }
b. a field "result" when you are not previewing, which would look like
myfield
c. a field result when you are previewing, which would show the data from
the currently selected record in the data source, e.g. 23.2

It may be that that knowledge will help you identify that you are doing
something differently from the approach Doug and I suggested, or it may be
that you have done everything correctly and it simply does not not work for
you there. If you despam my address (remove "KillmapS") and email your doc
as you have it now, plus some sample data, I will try it here (please remind
me which version of Word you are using.

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Doug, Peter,

Well I wasn't using CTRL-F9, but I am now without success. I guess i don't
understand the
difference between the that is produced when a MailMerge field is
inserted and
the CTRL-F9 { }.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Did you use Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters { } for {STYLEREF
SubmitterStyle} ?

The submitter name will not appear on the first page because if you
followed Peter's instructions correctly, the font in the SubmitterStyle
is formatted as white.

One thing that you might have to do however is add a \* charformat switch
to the
{STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} field and format the S of STYLEREF so that the
colour of the font is black.

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Peter.

I gave it a try but it doesn't work. Perhaps I don't understand exactly
how to do Step f. I tried it with both
STYLEREF SubmitterStyle and {STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} but it doesn't
work. In fact,
now the submitter name from the data source doesn't appear on even the
first page.

What am I missing?

Ed
"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
...
Try this:

a. Put the { MERGEFIELD submitter } somewhere in your form (e.g. just
after the LASTNAME mergefield in the first block in the form.
b. Modify the field so it reads
{ MERGEFIELD submitter \*Charformat }
c. create a character style called (say) submitterstyle
d. set the font of submitterstyle to have colour white
e. apply the style to the mergefield you just entered (apply it to the
mergefield code, not the result)
f. replace the { MERGEFIELD submitter } field that you have in your
header by

{ STYLEREF submitterstyle }

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Doug,

I guess the best way to answer your questions is to show you the form:

http://www.efsowell.us/ed/JOCLA/JCNAMEM01Form.doc

As you can see, the SUBMITTER field is in the header (as in
header/footer). The subforms,
for want of a better term, are just Word tables in the body. There is
only one Section.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
By "header", do you mean header as in the header and footer of the
document?

How are the subforms separated from each other and from the "header"
If they are in separate Sections and the "header" is of the type
mentioned above, do you have a header set up in each of those
sections?

If the "header" is of the type mentioned above, you could probably
achieve what you want by linking the headers in the following
sections (sub forms) to the header in the "header"

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
I have a form that has a header and four "subforms". The header has
MailMerge fields for the SUBMITTER and his PHONE. Each subform
has several data fields. I have Next RECORD in front of the first
field in the second, third and forth
subforms. All of the data is in an Excel worksheet. In addition to
the data needed for the subforms, each row repeats the
SUBMITTER and PHONE, although these items are the same for all rows.

The scheme works pretty well. If there are more than four rows in
the Excel worksheet a new form is started. But, here's the glitch.
The SUBMITTER and PHONE fields are left blank in all forms but the
first. So, how do I get it to fill these fields in the second and
later forms?

TIA

Ed

[Peter Jamieson]

I emailed a revised version of your sample back - if you didn't get it, drop
me another email and I'll try again - or you can see if the following
instructions work:

The main points a
a. make sure you can see the underlying field codes (in the view where they
look like { MERGEFIELD myfield }
b. Apply the Submitterstyle style to the entire { MERGEFIELD Submitter
\*Charformat } field (including the field code braces
c. The { STYLEREF SubmitterStyle } field in the header has ordinary braces
instead of the special field code braces. You need to delete the ordinary
ones, select "STYLEREF SubmitterStyle" and press ctrl-F9 to insert some real
field code braces.
d. Seems to work here in Word 2003.

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
...
Well I wasn't using CTRL-F9, but I am now without success. I guess i
don't understand the
difference between the that is produced when a MailMerge field is
inserted and
the CTRL-F9 { }.

With most field types, Word can either display
a. the field code (e.g. { REF xyz }
b. the field result - if the bookmark xyz is set to "23.2", the result of
{ REF xyz } is 23.2

You can toggle between "codes" and "results"

With Merge fields, "results" can be displayed in two different ways,
depending on whether you are previewing the data or not. So you might see
a. a field code such as { MERGEFIELD myfield }
b. a field "result" when you are not previewing, which would look like
myfield
c. a field result when you are previewing, which would show the data from
the currently selected record in the data source, e.g. 23.2

It may be that that knowledge will help you identify that you are doing
something differently from the approach Doug and I suggested, or it may be
that you have done everything correctly and it simply does not not work
for you there. If you despam my address (remove "KillmapS") and email your
doc as you have it now, plus some sample data, I will try it here (please
remind me which version of Word you are using.

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Doug, Peter,

Well I wasn't using CTRL-F9, but I am now without success. I guess i
don't understand the
difference between the that is produced when a MailMerge field is
inserted and
the CTRL-F9 { }.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
Did you use Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters { } for {STYLEREF
SubmitterStyle} ?

The submitter name will not appear on the first page because if you
followed Peter's instructions correctly, the font in the SubmitterStyle
is formatted as white.

One thing that you might have to do however is add a \* charformat
switch to the
{STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} field and format the S of STYLEREF so that
the colour of the font is black.

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Peter.

I gave it a try but it doesn't work. Perhaps I don't understand exactly
how to do Step f. I tried it with both
STYLEREF SubmitterStyle and {STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} but it
doesn't work. In fact,
now the submitter name from the data source doesn't appear on even the
first page.

What am I missing?

Ed
"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
...
Try this:

a. Put the { MERGEFIELD submitter } somewhere in your form (e.g. just
after the LASTNAME mergefield in the first block in the form.
b. Modify the field so it reads
{ MERGEFIELD submitter \*Charformat }
c. create a character style called (say) submitterstyle
d. set the font of submitterstyle to have colour white
e. apply the style to the mergefield you just entered (apply it to the
mergefield code, not the result)
f. replace the { MERGEFIELD submitter } field that you have in your
header by

{ STYLEREF submitterstyle }

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Doug,

I guess the best way to answer your questions is to show you the
form:

http://www.efsowell.us/ed/JOCLA/JCNAMEM01Form.doc

As you can see, the SUBMITTER field is in the header (as in
header/footer). The subforms,
for want of a better term, are just Word tables in the body. There is
only one Section.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
By "header", do you mean header as in the header and footer of the
document?

How are the subforms separated from each other and from the "header"
If they are in separate Sections and the "header" is of the type
mentioned above, do you have a header set up in each of those
sections?

If the "header" is of the type mentioned above, you could probably
achieve what you want by linking the headers in the following
sections (sub forms) to the header in the "header"

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
I have a form that has a header and four "subforms". The header has
MailMerge fields for the SUBMITTER and his PHONE. Each
subform has several data fields. I have Next RECORD in front of
the first field in the second, third and forth
subforms. All of the data is in an Excel worksheet. In addition to
the data needed for the subforms, each row repeats the
SUBMITTER and PHONE, although these items are the same for all
rows.

The scheme works pretty well. If there are more than four rows in
the Excel worksheet a new form is started. But, here's the glitch.
The SUBMITTER and PHONE fields are left blank in all forms but the
first. So, how do I get it to fill these fields in the second and
later forms?

TIA

Ed

[Ed]

Peter,

Yes, I got it and it works! Thanks.

I now notice I have to do the same thing with the PHONE field.

Ed

"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
...
I emailed a revised version of your sample back - if you didn't get
it, drop me another email and I'll try again - or you can see if the
following instructions work:

The main points a
a. make sure you can see the underlying field codes (in the view
where they look like { MERGEFIELD myfield }
b. Apply the Submitterstyle style to the entire { MERGEFIELD
Submitter \*Charformat } field (including the field code braces
c. The { STYLEREF SubmitterStyle } field in the header has ordinary
braces instead of the special field code braces. You need to delete
the ordinary ones, select "STYLEREF SubmitterStyle" and press
ctrl-F9 to insert some real field code braces.
d. Seems to work here in Word 2003.

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
...
Well I wasn't using CTRL-F9, but I am now without success. I guess
i don't understand the
difference between the that is produced when a MailMerge
field is inserted and
the CTRL-F9 { }.

With most field types, Word can either display
a. the field code (e.g. { REF xyz }
b. the field result - if the bookmark xyz is set to "23.2", the
result of { REF xyz } is 23.2

You can toggle between "codes" and "results"

With Merge fields, "results" can be displayed in two different
ways, depending on whether you are previewing the data or not. So
you might see
a. a field code such as { MERGEFIELD myfield }
b. a field "result" when you are not previewing, which would look
like myfield
c. a field result when you are previewing, which would show the
data from the currently selected record in the data source, e.g.
23.2

It may be that that knowledge will help you identify that you are
doing something differently from the approach Doug and I suggested,
or it may be that you have done everything correctly and it simply
does not not work for you there. If you despam my address (remove
"KillmapS") and email your doc as you have it now, plus some sample
data, I will try it here (please remind me which version of Word
you are using.

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Ed" wrote in message
...
Doug, Peter,

Well I wasn't using CTRL-F9, but I am now without success. I guess
i don't understand the
difference between the that is produced when a MailMerge
field is inserted and
the CTRL-F9 { }.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in
message ...
Did you use Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters { } for
{STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} ?

The submitter name will not appear on the first page because if
you followed Peter's instructions correctly, the font in the
SubmitterStyle is formatted as white.

One thing that you might have to do however is add a \*
charformat switch to the
{STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} field and format the S of STYLEREF so
that the colour of the font is black.

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
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Thanks, Peter.

I gave it a try but it doesn't work. Perhaps I don't understand
exactly how to do Step f. I tried it with both
STYLEREF SubmitterStyle and {STYLEREF SubmitterStyle} but it
doesn't work. In fact,
now the submitter name from the data source doesn't appear on
even the first page.

What am I missing?

Ed
"Peter Jamieson" wrote in
message ...
Try this:

a. Put the { MERGEFIELD submitter } somewhere in your form
(e.g. just after the LASTNAME mergefield in the first block in
the form.
b. Modify the field so it reads
{ MERGEFIELD submitter \*Charformat }
c. create a character style called (say) submitterstyle
d. set the font of submitterstyle to have colour white
e. apply the style to the mergefield you just entered (apply it
to the mergefield code, not the result)
f. replace the { MERGEFIELD submitter } field that you have in
your header by

{ STYLEREF submitterstyle }

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Ed" wrote in message
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Doug,

I guess the best way to answer your questions is to show you
the form:

http://www.efsowell.us/ed/JOCLA/JCNAMEM01Form.doc

As you can see, the SUBMITTER field is in the header (as in
header/footer). The subforms,
for want of a better term, are just Word tables in the body.
There is only one Section.

Ed

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in
message ...
By "header", do you mean header as in the header and footer
of the document?

How are the subforms separated from each other and from the
"header" If they are in separate Sections and the "header" is
of the type mentioned above, do you have a header set up in
each of those sections?

If the "header" is of the type mentioned above, you could
probably achieve what you want by linking the headers in the
following sections (sub forms) to the header in the "header"

--
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

"Ed" wrote in message
...
I have a form that has a header and four "subforms". The
header has MailMerge fields for the SUBMITTER and his
PHONE. Each subform has several data fields. I have Next
RECORD in front of the first field in the second, third and
forth
subforms. All of the data is in an Excel worksheet. In
addition to the data needed for the subforms, each row
repeats the
SUBMITTER and PHONE, although these items are the same for
all rows.

The scheme works pretty well. If there are more than four
rows in the Excel worksheet a new form is started. But,
here's the glitch.
The SUBMITTER and PHONE fields are left blank in all forms
but the first. So, how do I get it to fill these fields in
the second and later forms?

TIA

Ed