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International Addresses
I am performing a mail merge using Contacts that were exported to a CSV file.
The contacts contain US, European and Asian addresses. I'm using the AddressBlock field and matching the appropriate fields to be merged. The merge completes, but the Asian (Japan) addresses are formatted incorrectly. The European (Germany) and US addresses are formatted correctly. The Japan address should be formatted exactly as a US address (see samples below), but when merged the Country is on the 1st line, Zip on the 2nd line which is incorrect. [US/Japan Sample Address Formatting] John Doe Doe Company President 123 Any Street Washington, DC 20004 Country [Germany Sample Address Formatting] Doe Company Herrn John Doe 123 Any Street 20004 Munich Germany |
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Don't use the AddressBlock. Just insert the individual mergefields in the
configuration that you require. -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... I am performing a mail merge using Contacts that were exported to a CSV file. The contacts contain US, European and Asian addresses. I'm using the AddressBlock field and matching the appropriate fields to be merged. The merge completes, but the Asian (Japan) addresses are formatted incorrectly. The European (Germany) and US addresses are formatted correctly. The Japan address should be formatted exactly as a US address (see samples below), but when merged the Country is on the 1st line, Zip on the 2nd line which is incorrect. [US/Japan Sample Address Formatting] John Doe Doe Company President 123 Any Street Washington, DC 20004 Country [Germany Sample Address Formatting] Doe Company Herrn John Doe 123 Any Street 20004 Munich Germany |
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If individual merge fields are used, the Asian addresses do not format
properly; only the US and Germany addresses format properly. "Doug Robbins" wrote: Don't use the AddressBlock. Just insert the individual mergefields in the configuration that you require. -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... I am performing a mail merge using Contacts that were exported to a CSV file. The contacts contain US, European and Asian addresses. I'm using the AddressBlock field and matching the appropriate fields to be merged. The merge completes, but the Asian (Japan) addresses are formatted incorrectly. The European (Germany) and US addresses are formatted correctly. The Japan address should be formatted exactly as a US address (see samples below), but when merged the Country is on the 1st line, Zip on the 2nd line which is incorrect. [US/Japan Sample Address Formatting] John Doe Doe Company President 123 Any Street Washington, DC 20004 Country [Germany Sample Address Formatting] Doe Company Herrn John Doe 123 Any Street 20004 Munich Germany |
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In what way are they not formatted properly?
-- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... If individual merge fields are used, the Asian addresses do not format properly; only the US and Germany addresses format properly. "Doug Robbins" wrote: Don't use the AddressBlock. Just insert the individual mergefields in the configuration that you require. -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... I am performing a mail merge using Contacts that were exported to a CSV file. The contacts contain US, European and Asian addresses. I'm using the AddressBlock field and matching the appropriate fields to be merged. The merge completes, but the Asian (Japan) addresses are formatted incorrectly. The European (Germany) and US addresses are formatted correctly. The Japan address should be formatted exactly as a US address (see samples below), but when merged the Country is on the 1st line, Zip on the 2nd line which is incorrect. [US/Japan Sample Address Formatting] John Doe Doe Company President 123 Any Street Washington, DC 20004 Country [Germany Sample Address Formatting] Doe Company Herrn John Doe 123 Any Street 20004 Munich Germany |
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Asian addresses format with the Country as the first line of the address, the
postal code is the 2nd line of the address, Country and street address are the 3rd and 4th lines of the address and, the person's name is the last line of the address. "Doug Robbins" wrote: In what way are they not formatted properly? -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... If individual merge fields are used, the Asian addresses do not format properly; only the US and Germany addresses format properly. "Doug Robbins" wrote: Don't use the AddressBlock. Just insert the individual mergefields in the configuration that you require. -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... I am performing a mail merge using Contacts that were exported to a CSV file. The contacts contain US, European and Asian addresses. I'm using the AddressBlock field and matching the appropriate fields to be merged. The merge completes, but the Asian (Japan) addresses are formatted incorrectly. The European (Germany) and US addresses are formatted correctly. The Japan address should be formatted exactly as a US address (see samples below), but when merged the Country is on the 1st line, Zip on the 2nd line which is incorrect. [US/Japan Sample Address Formatting] John Doe Doe Company President 123 Any Street Washington, DC 20004 Country [Germany Sample Address Formatting] Doe Company Herrn John Doe 123 Any Street 20004 Munich Germany |
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Not in the Asian country in which I lived for 11 years, but of course there
are many Asian countries. As I see it, you have two choices, re-arrange the data in the datasource based on the country of destination, Use a series of If...then...else fields that check for the destination country (a real pain if there a multiple countries that meet the criteria you set) and then insert the appropriate mergefield in the arrangement that you consider correct. I would opt for the first solution. -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... Asian addresses format with the Country as the first line of the address, the postal code is the 2nd line of the address, Country and street address are the 3rd and 4th lines of the address and, the person's name is the last line of the address. "Doug Robbins" wrote: In what way are they not formatted properly? -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... If individual merge fields are used, the Asian addresses do not format properly; only the US and Germany addresses format properly. "Doug Robbins" wrote: Don't use the AddressBlock. Just insert the individual mergefields in the configuration that you require. -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... I am performing a mail merge using Contacts that were exported to a CSV file. The contacts contain US, European and Asian addresses. I'm using the AddressBlock field and matching the appropriate fields to be merged. The merge completes, but the Asian (Japan) addresses are formatted incorrectly. The European (Germany) and US addresses are formatted correctly. The Japan address should be formatted exactly as a US address (see samples below), but when merged the Country is on the 1st line, Zip on the 2nd line which is incorrect. [US/Japan Sample Address Formatting] John Doe Doe Company President 123 Any Street Washington, DC 20004 Country [Germany Sample Address Formatting] Doe Company Herrn John Doe 123 Any Street 20004 Munich Germany |
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Thank you Doug for your assistance. I'll try both. (FYI -- Germany is the
country that forms their addresses differently; the Asian address format is the same as the US) "Doug Robbins" wrote: Not in the Asian country in which I lived for 11 years, but of course there are many Asian countries. As I see it, you have two choices, re-arrange the data in the datasource based on the country of destination, Use a series of If...then...else fields that check for the destination country (a real pain if there a multiple countries that meet the criteria you set) and then insert the appropriate mergefield in the arrangement that you consider correct. I would opt for the first solution. -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... Asian addresses format with the Country as the first line of the address, the postal code is the 2nd line of the address, Country and street address are the 3rd and 4th lines of the address and, the person's name is the last line of the address. "Doug Robbins" wrote: In what way are they not formatted properly? -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... If individual merge fields are used, the Asian addresses do not format properly; only the US and Germany addresses format properly. "Doug Robbins" wrote: Don't use the AddressBlock. Just insert the individual mergefields in the configuration that you require. -- 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 "Diamonds_Mine" wrote in message ... I am performing a mail merge using Contacts that were exported to a CSV file. The contacts contain US, European and Asian addresses. I'm using the AddressBlock field and matching the appropriate fields to be merged. The merge completes, but the Asian (Japan) addresses are formatted incorrectly. The European (Germany) and US addresses are formatted correctly. The Japan address should be formatted exactly as a US address (see samples below), but when merged the Country is on the 1st line, Zip on the 2nd line which is incorrect. [US/Japan Sample Address Formatting] John Doe Doe Company President 123 Any Street Washington, DC 20004 Country [Germany Sample Address Formatting] Doe Company Herrn John Doe 123 Any Street 20004 Munich Germany |
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