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How to automate a merge data into master merged document
How do I automate merged data to appear every time I open
the master merge document. For example, when I click on the document I want all the merged data to appear automatically instead of selecting merge to new document every time. Is this possible? Thanks in advance, CVW |
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How to automate a merge data into master merged document
A merge has three parts
1 A data file 2 A template - your master merge document. 3. The merge itself. *All* the merge data is only available when you complete the merge. If you want access to that merged data merge to a new document then save the document and refer to that. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word Caroline Williams wrote: How do I automate merged data to appear every time I open the master merge document. For example, when I click on the document I want all the merged data to appear automatically instead of selecting merge to new document every time. Is this possible? Thanks in advance, CVW |
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How to automate a merge data into master merged document
Thanks, but do you know why I can't just open the open the master merge
file and have the data already merged automatically instead of always selecting merge to new document. I have seen it where I have a master merge file which I downloaded with the data and header info and I just open the document and it auto merges the data into the document without selecting merge to a new document. How can this be automated in that way? Thanks in advance, Caroline -- CAROLINE WILLIAMS "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... A merge has three parts 1 A data file 2 A template - your master merge document. 3. The merge itself. *All* the merge data is only available when you complete the merge. If you want access to that merged data merge to a new document then save the document and refer to that. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word Caroline Williams wrote: How do I automate merged data to appear every time I open the master merge document. For example, when I click on the document I want all the merged data to appear automatically instead of selecting merge to new document every time. Is this possible? Thanks in advance, CVW |
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How to automate a merge data into master merged document
To do that, you would have to save the mail merge main document as a
template and have an autonew macro in it that contained the following commands: With ActiveDocument.MailMerge If .State = wdMainAndDataSource Then .Destination = wdSenttoNewDocument .Execute End If End With -- Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps Doug Robbins - Word MVP "CAROLINE WILLIAMS" wrote in message ... Thanks, but do you know why I can't just open the open the master merge file and have the data already merged automatically instead of always selecting merge to new document. I have seen it where I have a master merge file which I downloaded with the data and header info and I just open the document and it auto merges the data into the document without selecting merge to a new document. How can this be automated in that way? Thanks in advance, Caroline -- CAROLINE WILLIAMS "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... A merge has three parts 1 A data file 2 A template - your master merge document. 3. The merge itself. *All* the merge data is only available when you complete the merge. If you want access to that merged data merge to a new document then save the document and refer to that. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word Caroline Williams wrote: How do I automate merged data to appear every time I open the master merge document. For example, when I click on the document I want all the merged data to appear automatically instead of selecting merge to new document every time. Is this possible? Thanks in advance, CVW |
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