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mail merge that can't sort because rows are table headings
Created a word mailmerge document from an existing merge document. Saved new
document wiith new name and then after re-opening new document, tried to sort alphabetically and got the message in the subject line. How do I return this document back to a regular mailmerge document. Any assistance you may give me would be greatly appreciated. |
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Hi ?B?UGF0IEV2YW5z?=,
Created a word mailmerge document from an existing merge document. Saved new document wiith new name and then after re-opening new document, tried to sort alphabetically and got the message in the subject line. How do I return this document back to a regular mailmerge document. I'm not clear on what you have, here. Let's start with the version of Word :-) Then, are we discussing a main merge document (one with mergefields in it), or a data source document, or a merge result document? Both for the "old" and the "new" documents. Note: I've never seen this error message before, which is why I have to find out exactly what you've done, with what type of document. 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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I have word 2000. I had a mail merge document that I added names to which
has approximately 13 to 14 columns. In order to make sure that I entered all the names correctly, I wanted to sort alphabetically by company name. When I highlighted all the columns, clicked on tools and then the sort button I got the message "mail merge can't sort because rows are table headings". I also tried to highlight just the company name, but came up with the same message. I also have never seen this before and nothing in help would assist me. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?UGF0IEV2YW5z?=, Created a word mailmerge document from an existing merge document. Saved new document wiith new name and then after re-opening new document, tried to sort alphabetically and got the message in the subject line. How do I return this document back to a regular mailmerge document. I'm not clear on what you have, here. Let's start with the version of Word :-) Then, are we discussing a main merge document (one with mergefields in it), or a data source document, or a merge result document? Both for the "old" and the "new" documents. Note: I've never seen this error message before, which is why I have to find out exactly what you've done, with what type of document. 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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Thank you so much. This actually worked. I have fought with this for 2
weeks. Let it alone for a day or 2 and then back at it. Now I can have a restful weekend and won't have to come in on Monday and face that merge. Thank you once again and have a great weekend. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Select all the rows and go to the Table menu. Clear the "Heading rows repeat" or "Heading row" setting. Or select the whole table and on the Row tab of Table Properties, clear the check box for "Heading row." If there is an actual heading row, re-mark it as a heading. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "mailmerge that won't sort alphabetically" mailmerge that won't sort wrote in message ... I have word 2000. I had a mail merge document that I added names to which has approximately 13 to 14 columns. In order to make sure that I entered all the names correctly, I wanted to sort alphabetically by company name. When I highlighted all the columns, clicked on tools and then the sort button I got the message "mail merge can't sort because rows are table headings". I also tried to highlight just the company name, but came up with the same message. I also have never seen this before and nothing in help would assist me. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?UGF0IEV2YW5z?=, Created a word mailmerge document from an existing merge document. Saved new document wiith new name and then after re-opening new document, tried to sort alphabetically and got the message in the subject line. How do I return this document back to a regular mailmerge document. I'm not clear on what you have, here. Let's start with the version of Word :-) Then, are we discussing a main merge document (one with mergefields in it), or a data source document, or a merge result document? Both for the "old" and the "new" documents. Note: I've never seen this error message before, which is why I have to find out exactly what you've done, with what type of document. 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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