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Old July 28th, 2006, 06:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Default mail merging formatted content

A couple of things to try:

1. From the Tools menu in Word, select Options and then on the General
tab, check the box against "Confirm conversions at open". Then, when you
attach the data source to the mail merge main document, select the DDE
option in the dialog box that will appear.

2. See "Formatting Word fields with switches" on fellow MVP Graham
Mayor's website at:

http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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Hope this helps.

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"paulb" wrote in message
news
Doug

You appear to be an expert and I need help! I have a column in excel with
numbers and they are 12 digits long. Excel automatically formats these in
scientific format. I have changed these formats into text, number
accounting,
custom, but when i mail merge the scientific format keeps appearing. I
have
saved the excel file each time I have changed. How can I remove the
scientific format when merged into the word doc.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Put the merge fields in the cells of a one row table with nothing else in
the main document. Then when you execute the merge to a new document you
will get the layout that you want.

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"donna" wrote in message
...
I am trying to learn how to use this. How do I start a new thread? I
have
a question about mail merge, but I don't even know how to start a
thread
in
order to ask it. Can you please tell me how to start a new thread.

My question about mail merge is: I writing a directory on names an
address
with two columns per page. I want the name to be followed by the
address,
but some adresses have two line to them. Therefore the names don't
alsways
match up on both columns. I think I need it to add an extra blank line
for
the names that have one address line. How do I do that?

"raj" wrote:

I am using Outlook 2000 SR1 and Word 2000 SR1.

I have an email message that I need to send to everyone in my
contacts folder. So I tried Mail Merge. The body of my
message contains some formatted text and also few images. I
changed my Outlook's Mail Format as HTML and MSWord as my email
editor. When I send the messages through mail merge, the
receiver's mail is in plain text. I also tried "Includepicture" field
for
images. Still don't work with mail merge.

But, when I send a mail individually to them, the receiver
receives the mail in HTML format.

I also checked the recipient's property "Send email using plain
text only" and it is checked OFF.

Can some one please suggest me how to mail merge the formatted
contents?






  #22  
Old August 24th, 2006, 10:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Lana
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Default mail merging formatted content

Hi im using Outlook 6 and i have no idea of how to set MSWord as my email
editor!!!!
could you please tell me how!!
Regards Lana
p.s would be much appreciated

"raj" wrote:

I am using Outlook 2000 SR1 and Word 2000 SR1.

I have an email message that I need to send to everyone in my
contacts folder. So I tried Mail Merge. The body of my
message contains some formatted text and also few images. I
changed my Outlook's Mail Format as HTML and MSWord as my email
editor. When I send the messages through mail merge, the
receiver's mail is in plain text. I also tried "Includepicture" field for images. Still don't work with mail merge.

But, when I send a mail individually to them, the receiver
receives the mail in HTML format.

I also checked the recipient's property "Send email using plain
text only" and it is checked OFF.

Can some one please suggest me how to mail merge the formatted contents?

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Old August 24th, 2006, 10:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Graham Mayor
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Default mail merging formatted content

There is no 'Outlook 6'? Maybe you mean Outlook Express, which is something
entirely different?

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Lana wrote:
Hi im using Outlook 6 and i have no idea of how to set MSWord as my
email editor!!!!
could you please tell me how!!
Regards Lana
p.s would be much appreciated

"raj" wrote:

I am using Outlook 2000 SR1 and Word 2000 SR1.

I have an email message that I need to send to everyone in my
contacts folder. So I tried Mail Merge. The body of my
message contains some formatted text and also few images. I
changed my Outlook's Mail Format as HTML and MSWord as my email
editor. When I send the messages through mail merge, the
receiver's mail is in plain text. I also tried "Includepicture"
field for images. Still don't work with mail merge.

But, when I send a mail individually to them, the receiver
receives the mail in HTML format.

I also checked the recipient's property "Send email using plain
text only" and it is checked OFF.

Can some one please suggest me how to mail merge the formatted
contents?



 




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