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#11
December 9th, 2008, 07:34 AM
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Blank Line in Mail Merge Address Labels
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
... Insert Address uses AddressLayout. Mailmerge uses the layout you construct in the merge. Not a bug. OK so not a bug, but some un-joined up thinking then. Yes the merge should be customisable, but why, when specifically merging mailing addresses, does it not specifically use AddressLayout? Seems daft to me. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) 
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#12
December 9th, 2008, 11:21 AM
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Blank Line in Mail Merge Address Labels
I explained that. Mailing Address is a field derived by Outlook. By design,
Mailing Address does not suppress blank lines in the field itself. Blank lines can only be suppressed in Word by using curly braces on a field when you construct the merge. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Insert Address uses AddressLayout. Mailmerge uses the layout you construct in the merge. Not a bug. OK so not a bug, but some un-joined up thinking then. Yes the merge should be customisable, but why, when specifically merging mailing addresses, does it not specifically use AddressLayout? Seems daft to me. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
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#13
December 10th, 2008, 03:59 PM
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Blank Line in Mail Merge Address Labels
Russ and Gordon,
After a lot of thinking I have decided to leave my mailing labels as is and correct them manually on the couple of occasions a year I do a label run. If I was a "techie" or doing a lot of label runs I would take a different course of action. Thank you especially RUSS for your help and advice. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: I explained that. Mailing Address is a field derived by Outlook. By design, Mailing Address does not suppress blank lines in the field itself. Blank lines can only be suppressed in Word by using curly braces on a field when you construct the merge. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Insert Address uses AddressLayout. Mailmerge uses the layout you construct in the merge. Not a bug. OK so not a bug, but some un-joined up thinking then. Yes the merge should be customisable, but why, when specifically merging mailing addresses, does it not specifically use AddressLayout? Seems daft to me. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
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#14
December 10th, 2008, 09:11 PM
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Blank Line in Mail Merge Address Labels
That works. Mail merges certainly aren't very user friendly, are they?
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "BobRob" wrote in message ... Russ and Gordon, After a lot of thinking I have decided to leave my mailing labels as is and correct them manually on the couple of occasions a year I do a label run. If I was a "techie" or doing a lot of label runs I would take a different course of action. Thank you especially RUSS for your help and advice. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: I explained that. Mailing Address is a field derived by Outlook. By design, Mailing Address does not suppress blank lines in the field itself. Blank lines can only be suppressed in Word by using curly braces on a field when you construct the merge. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Insert Address uses AddressLayout. Mailmerge uses the layout you construct in the merge. Not a bug. OK so not a bug, but some un-joined up thinking then. Yes the merge should be customisable, but why, when specifically merging mailing addresses, does it not specifically use AddressLayout? Seems daft to me. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
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