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Template woes
Hi All,
I created a mail merge template that has a graphic in it and three merge fields. When I open it up on my computer all the merge fields display correctly; however, when anyone else tries to access the file on their machine, only the image appears--all the merge fields are gone. Everyone is using Word 2003. The source file is an excel document and both files are on the network. This is the first time I have tried to create a mail merge template. What am I doing wrong? Thanks Jason. |
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Hi J_Gold,
I created a mail merge template that has a graphic in it and three merge fields. When I open it up on my computer all the merge fields display correctly; however, when anyone else tries to access the file on their machine, only the image appears--all the merge fields are gone. Everyone is using Word 2003. The source file is an excel document and both files are on the network. This is the first time I have tried to create a mail merge template. What am I doing wrong? This doesn't sound "normal"... Hmmm. Have someone on one of these other computers make sure that in Tools/OPtions/View the checkboxes for "non-printing characters" are all activated. Do the fields show up, now? 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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Hi Cindy,
Thanks for the suggestion however, I can't seem to locate a "non-printing character" under Tools|Options|View. Also, I forgot to add that when I open it up, I get the message "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command". However, this is the resulting document of the mailmerge, not the mailmerge itself, which is why I am confused. BTW, I checked for fields in the document, but there are none. The message also appears when one user tries to open it, but not the other. Cheers, Jason "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000acad.009fbade@speedy... Hi J_Gold, I created a mail merge template that has a graphic in it and three merge fields. When I open it up on my computer all the merge fields display correctly; however, when anyone else tries to access the file on their machine, only the image appears--all the merge fields are gone. Everyone is using Word 2003. The source file is an excel document and both files are on the network. This is the first time I have tried to create a mail merge template. What am I doing wrong? This doesn't sound "normal"... Hmmm. Have someone on one of these other computers make sure that in Tools/OPtions/View the checkboxes for "non-printing characters" are all activated. Do the fields show up, now? 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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Hi J_Gold,
Thanks for the suggestion however, I can't seem to locate a "non-printing character" under Tools|Options|View. Ah, they went and changed the label for this section to "Formatting marks" sigh Also, I forgot to add that when I open it up, I get the message "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command". However, this is the resulting document of the mailmerge, not the mailmerge itself, which is why I am confused. BTW, I checked for fields in the document, but there are none. The message also appears when one user tries to open it, but not the other. The message indicates there is a data source attached to the file. Perhaps someone saved the main merge document, instead of actually executing the merge to a new document? Or perhaps the document is attached to a template, and that is attached to a data source? In any case, see this KB article: "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command" Message When You Open a Word Document - 825765 http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=825765 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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