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Old November 24th, 2008, 05:19 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Vivian H.
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I want an address on the envelope to read

John Doe or current Resident
123 main st
anywhere, usa 90050

I can use the wizard and create it quite nicely WITHOUT ' or current
resident.'
I added a field to my excel file called 'tenant'
when I went back to use Match Field I chose tenant to go in the field under
last name.
When I preview those that should have 'or current residen' they don't have
anything.
what am I doing wrong?

I am using Word 2007 on a 64 bit machine.
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Old November 24th, 2008, 05:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Vivian H.
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I just figured it out.
I used insert merge field and created the address from scratch.
Are there other easier ways to do it?

"Vivian H." wrote:

I want an address on the envelope to read

John Doe or current Resident
123 main st
anywhere, usa 90050

I can use the wizard and create it quite nicely WITHOUT ' or current
resident.'
I added a field to my excel file called 'tenant'
when I went back to use Match Field I chose tenant to go in the field under
last name.
When I preview those that should have 'or current residen' they don't have
anything.
what am I doing wrong?

I am using Word 2007 on a 64 bit machine.

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Old November 24th, 2008, 07:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Graham Mayor
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No - had you waited until I got up this morning, that is what I would have
recommended. You can save the block of fields you have created as an
autotext entry for ease of re-use.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Vivian H. wrote:
I just figured it out.
I used insert merge field and created the address from scratch.
Are there other easier ways to do it?

"Vivian H." wrote:

I want an address on the envelope to read

John Doe or current Resident
123 main st
anywhere, usa 90050

I can use the wizard and create it quite nicely WITHOUT ' or current
resident.'
I added a field to my excel file called 'tenant'
when I went back to use Match Field I chose tenant to go in the
field under last name.
When I preview those that should have 'or current residen' they
don't have anything.
what am I doing wrong?

I am using Word 2007 on a 64 bit machine.



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Old November 24th, 2008, 12:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Vivian H.
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Default add extra text in address bar

Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't thought about saving as an autotext entry.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

No - had you waited until I got up this morning, that is what I would have
recommended. You can save the block of fields you have created as an
autotext entry for ease of re-use.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Vivian H. wrote:
I just figured it out.
I used insert merge field and created the address from scratch.
Are there other easier ways to do it?

"Vivian H." wrote:

I want an address on the envelope to read

John Doe or current Resident
123 main st
anywhere, usa 90050

I can use the wizard and create it quite nicely WITHOUT ' or current
resident.'
I added a field to my excel file called 'tenant'
when I went back to use Match Field I chose tenant to go in the
field under last name.
When I preview those that should have 'or current residen' they
don't have anything.
what am I doing wrong?

I am using Word 2007 on a 64 bit machine.




 




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