My font keeps changing during a mail merge

every time I complete a mail merge the font changes to a different font, how
can I stop this?

Hi =?Utf-8?B?UmljaA==?=,

every time I complete a mail merge the font changes to a different font, how
can I stop this?

The font formatting of the data coming across? Press Alt+F9 to display the
field codes. If you see \* MergeFormat in any of the fields, delete it. Insert
the switch \* CharFormat at the end of all the merge fields. Alt+F9 again to
hide the field codes. Example:

{ Mergefield Name \* CharFormat }

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Cindy, thanks I looked for that, but there is no mergeformat. It's weird it
only does where I have the address merge. On on it goes to a georgia font,
on the other it goes to arial. Could I maybe post the document somewhere?

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi =?Utf-8?B?UmljaA==?=,

every time I complete a mail merge the font changes to a different font, how
can I stop this?

The font formatting of the data coming across? Press Alt+F9 to display the
field codes. If you see \* MergeFormat in any of the fields, delete it. Insert
the switch \* CharFormat at the end of all the merge fields. Alt+F9 again to
hide the field codes. Example:

{ Mergefield Name \* CharFormat }

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Nevermind, I see the charformat has to be on the end of all the fields. How
come it doesn't do that automatically? Is there a way to make that the
default setting?

"Rich" wrote:

every time I complete a mail merge the font changes to a different font, how
can I stop this?

Simply add the charformat switch to the offending field(s).
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Rich wrote:
Cindy, thanks I looked for that, but there is no mergeformat. It's
weird it only does where I have the address merge. On on it goes to
a georgia font, on the other it goes to arial. Could I maybe post
the document somewhere?

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi =?Utf-8?B?UmljaA==?=,

every time I complete a mail merge the font changes to a different
font, how can I stop this?

The font formatting of the data coming across? Press Alt+F9 to
display the field codes. If you see \* MergeFormat in any of the
fields, delete it. Insert the switch \* CharFormat at the end of all
the merge fields. Alt+F9 again to hide the field codes. Example:

{ Mergefield Name \* CharFormat }

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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No. You have to add it. You could I guess create an autocorrect for \*c to
\*charformat that would save a few keystrokes.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Rich wrote:
Nevermind, I see the charformat has to be on the end of all the
fields. How come it doesn't do that automatically? Is there a way
to make that the default setting?

"Rich" wrote:

every time I complete a mail merge the font changes to a different
font, how can I stop this?

Dear Cindy - just want to thank you for you *charformat post this exactly the
problem I was having with regards to *mergeformat not returing the exact
format I wanted.

Thanks

Carmi