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mail merge won't work
Name: eckology Date: January 18, 2006 at 13:31:18 Pacific OS: Windows MCE CPU/Ram: 1.6 Ghz, 512 DDR
Comment:
I'm trying to use the mail merge tool in Word 2002 to send the same letter to hundreds of different people. I've already added them in a different document to import using the mail merge tool.
Problem is, when I select the file to import, I see all the entries I've made and select OK. But after that, nothing happends. I know it's supposed to create a bunch of new pages with all the new adresses but I see no changes.
I'm left with just what I started with, just the letter.
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: January 18, 2006 at 15:05:20 Pacific
Reply:
Are you sure you have your mail merge fields correctly inserted and positioned in your document (letter)?
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Response Number 2
Name: bimbleweed Date: January 19, 2006 at 07:28:50 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, when you successfully create it, you won't get hundereds of pages appear, insterad you should get little buttons like CD player buttons where you can scroll through the addresses.
Look for those it might have been successful without you knowing. If not, try the mail merge wizard again (I assume that's the path you took first). It's pretty self explanatory. When you say nothing happens, does it come up with an error or what? Are you asked where you want the address to go on the letter because if you don't tell it it won't know where to put it and as such won't create the merge.
Hope this helps. I'd be interested to know how you get on and if you have any more clues.
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Response Number 3
Name: eckology Date: January 22, 2006 at 19:58:29 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the replies. How do I tell it where I want the adresses to go? What do I type for that?
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Name: eckology Date: January 23, 2006 at 17:55:01 Pacific
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