I have set up a mail merge where I need addresses to print 4 times per page
(postcards) only I need it to be a unique address for each merge code area.
I can only get the same address for all 4 merge address fields per page and a
unique address does not occur until the next page. I've tried to put in
section breaks but this doesn't work. I do not have Publisher loaded so is
there any way to get this to work in Word? I had it once before but now that
I've played with this merged document, I can't get it back.

You need to insert a { NEXT } (Next Record) field before the 2nd, 3rd
and 4th postcards.

(either pick the Next record field from a dropdown on the MailMerge Toolbar,
or press ctrl-F9 to enter the {} and type NEXT in between them.

There might be a bit more to it than that in this case, but that's the basic
approach.

Peter Jamieson

"Marty Winstead" u18613@uwe wrote in message news:5bb0743f43d63@uwe...
I have set up a mail merge where I need addresses to print 4 times per page
(postcards) only I need it to be a unique address for each merge code
area.
I can only get the same address for all 4 merge address fields per page
and a
unique address does not occur until the next page. I've tried to put in
section breaks but this doesn't work. I do not have Publisher loaded so
is
there any way to get this to work in Word? I had it once before but now
that
I've played with this merged document, I can't get it back.

You need to insert a Next Record field before the first mergefield in
the 2nd through 4th postcard.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Marty Winstead" u18613@uwe wrote in message news:5bb0743f43d63@uwe...
I have set up a mail merge where I need addresses to print 4 times per page
(postcards) only I need it to be a unique address for each merge code
area.
I can only get the same address for all 4 merge address fields per page
and a
unique address does not occur until the next page. I've tried to put in
section breaks but this doesn't work. I do not have Publisher loaded so
is
there any way to get this to work in Word? I had it once before but now
that
I've played with this merged document, I can't get it back.

In addition to what Peter and Doug have said (which will do the job), note
that postcard templates four to a page are standard label formats provided
with Word. If you use one of these and create a mailing label merge
document, the work is all done for you
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Marty Winstead wrote:
I have set up a mail merge where I need addresses to print 4 times
per page (postcards) only I need it to be a unique address for each
merge code area. I can only get the same address for all 4 merge
address fields per page and a unique address does not occur until the
next page. I've tried to put in section breaks but this doesn't
work. I do not have Publisher loaded so is there any way to get this
to work in Word? I had it once before but now that I've played with
this merged document, I can't get it back.