[DD]

I have a Word document that worked fine until we upgraded to Office 2003.
I've finally have the merge working again after hours of work. HOWEVER, my
merge fields now have a background highlight that shows up on the screen and
during printing. Yet it's not showing up under any of the formatting for
these fields. It's the 11th hour and a task that should have taken minutes
has turned into a major project.

A general comment: The company I work for has ceased upgrading our users to
2003 after all the problems with this product. Sadly, they are going back to
WordPerfect after I spent years of trying to get the company on the Office
bandwagon. Who would think that you could take a decent product and create
such a mess. WHAT A HUGE WASTE OF TIME THIS PRODUCT HAS
BEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DD]

Somehow the button highligh fields in the merge toolbar was toggled. Didn't
even think to look there - it shouldn't have been set to highlight.

"DD" wrote:

I have a Word document that worked fine until we upgraded to Office 2003.
I've finally have the merge working again after hours of work. HOWEVER, my
merge fields now have a background highlight that shows up on the screen and
during printing. Yet it's not showing up under any of the formatting for
these fields. It's the 11th hour and a task that should have taken minutes
has turned into a major project.

A general comment: The company I work for has ceased upgrading our users to
2003 after all the problems with this product. Sadly, they are going back to
WordPerfect after I spent years of trying to get the company on the Office
bandwagon. Who would think that you could take a decent product and create
such a mess. WHAT A HUGE WASTE OF TIME THIS PRODUCT HAS
BEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Graham Mayor]

Somehow bad workmen and blaming tools come to light
Maybe http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm may help
your employer's budget, and http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm
your frayed nerves?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



DD wrote:
Somehow the button highlight fields in the merge toolbar was toggled.
Didn't even think to look there - it shouldn't have been set to
highlight.

"DD" wrote:

I have a Word document that worked fine until we upgraded to Office
2003. I've finally have the merge working again after hours of work.
HOWEVER, my merge fields now have a background highlight that shows
up on the screen and during printing. Yet it's not showing up under
any of the formatting for these fields. It's the 11th hour and a
task that should have taken minutes has turned into a major project.

A general comment: The company I work for has ceased upgrading our
users to 2003 after all the problems with this product. Sadly, they
are going back to WordPerfect after I spent years of trying to get
the company on the Office bandwagon. Who would think that you could
take a decent product and create such a mess. WHAT A HUGE WASTE OF
TIME THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!