I have a Word file that has data merged from an Excel spreadsheet...when
I open the Word file, the merged data has a grey background...how do I
change the background to white?


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Capt_Trips

And if you press Alt+F9, I would bet that you see things like { MERGEFIELD
fieldname }. That indicates that you have not actually executed the merge,
but are simply previewing the results in the mergefields.

If you execute the merge, there will be no fields to display the
highlighting.

You can however turn of the field highlighting (probably not recommended for
you) via ToolsOptionsView.

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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

"Capt_Trips" wrote in message
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I have a Word file that has data merged from an Excel spreadsheet...when
I open the Word file, the merged data has a grey background...how do I
change the background to white?


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Capt_Trips