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Knowledge Base Articles - 2003

098836 - 2003: Calculations with Print Merge Causes Errors

105709 - 2003: Cannot Remove Header File Attachment from Main Document

095193 - 2003: How Mail Merge Fields Are Converted Between MacWord and WinWord

072117 - 2003: How to Convert WordPerfect Merge Data Documents to Word

089532 - 2003: How to Use Dates as Mail Merge Selection Criteria

116456 - 2003: How to Use an ACT for Windows File As a Mail Merge Data Source

090488 - 2003: Performing Calculations in a Mail Merge Field

079266 - 2003: Use of 'AND' and 'OR' with Print Merge Selection Rules

077982 - 2003: WinWord: Blank Lines Are Not Suppressed in Merge

078594 - 2003: Word Doesnt Propose Correct 'Address To'

Knowledge Base Articles - 2002

286875 - 2002: Address Block Does Not Work Properly for All Countries That Use the Same Language

212178 - 2002: Cannot Merge a Barcode Field Based on a Condition

279193 - 2002: Cannot Perform a Mail Merge to E-Mail by Using Outlook Express

282595 - 2002: Cannot Record Selecting Outlook Contacts in Mail Merge Wizard

286891 - 2002: Excel Worksheets Not Available When Accessed with MS Query

286880 - 2002: Filters for Blanks and Nonblanks Are Replicated in the Filter Criteria List

276006 - 2002: Full Path to Mail Merge Data Source Is Not Available

292127 - 2002: Insert Address Button Does Not Use AddressLayout AutoText Entry

283021 - 2002: Label Address Is Printed with Formatting Different from Template Format

282580 - 2002: Labels Disappear When You Update All Labels

282588 - 2002: Mail Merge Document Type Is Displayed Incorrectly When You Run Recorded Macro

286878 - 2002: Mail Merge Wizard Does Not Start After Run-Time Errors

292101 - 2002: Mail Merge with Text File as Source Does Not Work with Extended Characters

225232 - 2002: No Response or Error Message When You Send a Fax to WinFax PRO

280550 - 2002: Recipient Counter in Mail Merge Wizard Displays Only One Digit

282594 - 2002: U.K. Address Is Formatted Incorrectly When You Use Mail Merge Wizard ADDRESSBLOCK Field

282567 - 2002: VBA Run-Time Error Using MappedDataField Name

291345 - 2002: Word Does Not Merge to Personal Distribution List During Mail Merge Operation

286859 - 2002: Word Quits Unexpectedly When You Click 'Mail Merge Recipients' Command

292148 - 2002: Word Stops Responding When You Click Refresh in Recipients Dialog Box

292129 - 2002: Word Stops Responding When You Save Changes to a Mail Merge Document

292121 - 2002: You Are Unable to Edit a Merge Field in a Table Cell

Knowledge Base Articles - 2000

211213 - 2000: 'Header Record Delimiters' Appears Repeatedly in Mail Merge

212359 - 2000: 'Too Many Data Fields' Managing Mail Merge in Source View

211721 - 2000: Address Position Not Retained on Mail Merge Envelopes

212140 - 2000: Address in Envelopes and Labels Is Blank or Shows Date or Text

212360 - 2000: Bar Code Is Unavailable with Envelope Mail Merge

211651 - 2000: Blank Space Appears If Field Is Blank in Mail Merge

212118 - 2000: Cannot Cancel 'Find Record' Search

211496 - 2000: Cannot Cancel 'Open Data Source' Dialog Box in Batch Conversion Wizard

211322 - 2000: Cannot Change Default Field Names in Mail Merge Helper

214217 - 2000: Cannot Merge Document Containing a Text Box or Drawing Object

279126 - 2000: Cannot Merge Numbers Created with Bullets and Numbering in a Mail Merge

211283 - 2000: Cannot Select Named Range from Excel During Mail Merge

276379 - 2000: Cannot Turn Off 'Allow Spacing Between Cells' Option When Using Macro

224654 - 2000: Cannot Use a Web Page As a Data Source in a Word Mail Merge

189197 - 2000: Cant Access Mail Merge Data Source on Banyan Network

214176 - 2000: Cant Cancel Options of 'Cannot Find Data Source' Error Dialog Box

198298 - 2000: Cant Insert Address with Netscape Communicator

189241 - 2000: Cant Merge Documents with Tracked Changes

212068 - 2000: Change Case Does Not Apply Formatting to Merge Fields

212391 - 2000: Change to Address Font Not Saved on Envelopes Tab

212354 - 2000: Character Formatting in Data Source Not Retained After Merge

212706 - 2000: Close Method in Macro Fails in Protected Form Field Document

211621 - 2000: Conditional Alphanumeric Merge May Yield Incorrect Results

214164 - 2000: Conditional MERGEFIELD Lost When Converted to MacWord

211475 - 2000: Cover Sheet Missing When Merging to Fax

220587 - 2000: DMM: Enhanced Version of Direct Mail Manager Available

246296 - 2000: DMM: Error Initializing Printer Driver or Unable to Open Data Source

220547 - 2000: Date Incorrect Using ODBC Mail Merge with Field Date Picture Switch

251031 - 2000: Decimal Point or Trailing Zeros Missing When You Merge Microsoft Access Database

220573 - 2000: Document Language Changes Unpredictably

189434 - 2000: Envelope Command Fails to Pick Up Merge Address Fields

212283 - 2000: Envelope Feed Method Displayed Incorrectly

211971 - 2000: Envelope Is Printed Upside Down on Hewlett-Packard 5si/5si MX PS

224623 - 2000: Envelope Is Printed Upside Down on Wrong Side or with Truncated Text

212132 - 2000: Envelope Mail Merge Fails to Omit Return Address

198388 - 2000: ErrMsg in Letter and Envelope Mail Merge w/ Excel DDE

211729 - 2000: ErrMsg: 'Word could not merge the main document with the data source because the data records were empty or no data records matched your query options.'

224050 - 2000: ErrMsg: 'Word could not merge these documents or insert this database.'

212142 - 2000: Error Changes Not Merged from Table to End of File

285168 - 2000: Error Message with Mail Merge Using MS Query Data Source

212321 - 2000: Error Message: '...Word Cannot Find Its Data Source'

189196 - 2000: Error Message: '

Is a Mail Merge Main Document' Using Outlook 97 or Schedule+

241269 - 2000: Error Message: 'C:~~~~~_virtual_file_~~~.olk Is Being Used by Unknown'

220250 - 2000: Error Message: 'Fields Are Nested Too Deeply' in Mail Merge

243088 - 2000: Error Message: 'Word Cannot Start the Converter ' with a Mail Merge from Outlook

290721 - 2000: Error Message: Winword Caused an Exception c0000006h in Module Schdmapi.dll

212263 - 2000: Error Message: Word Could Not Open as a Data or Header Source Because It Is the Active Mail Merge Main Document

224049 - 2000: Error Message: Word Could Not Open Because It Didnt Contain a Valid Database

212732 - 2000: Error Recording Macro That Opens a Template Containing WordBasic Macro

197716 - 2000: Field Differences Between Outlook and Word Mail Merge

242072 - 2000: Field Text Truncated When Merging or Inserting Database

214165 - 2000: Fields in Header and Footer Not Merged in E-Mail Attachment

211702 - 2000: How to Convert WordPerfect Merge Data

211847 - 2000: How to Copy Custom Label Information to Another Computer

211679 - 2000: How to Create a Stamp Substitute on Envelopes or Postcards

284705 - 2000: How to Format a Combination of Five-Digit and Nine-Digit Postal Codes

212375 - 2000: How to Merge Conditional Number of Records to Same Page

299837 - 2000: How to Merge a Single Data Source to Multiple Letters with IncludeText

216387 - 2000: How to Print a Range of Pages in a Merged Document

214181 - 2000: How to Read Postal Bar Codes

211300 - 2000: How to Show Access Check Boxes During a Mail Merge

264722 - 2000: How to Suppress Blank Lines During a Mail Merge

214214 - 2000: How to Use Dates As a Mail Merge Selection

230740 - 2000: How to Use Form Data as a Mail Merge Data Source

200523 - 2000: IF Fields Not Visible in Mail Merge Documents

211421 - 2000: Incorrect Format of Phone Number in Mail Merge Result

197837 - 2000: Incorrect Results Using Quotation Marks Comma or Backslash in Conditional Merge

204542 - 2000: Incorrect Results When You Perform Mail Merge with Excel Data Source

212589 - 2000: Incorrect Value Returned Using ToolsCalculate Command

228931 - 2000: Invalid Characters (Garbage) Merging Data File After Numbering Records

279346 - 2000: Invalid Page Fault When You Close 'Find Data Source' in Mail Merge

220381 - 2000: Known Size and Positioning Problems with Labels

209859 - 2000: Label Mail Merge Displays Extra Row of Labels

211225 - 2000: Leading Spaces Removed with Inserted Database

251234 - 2000: Lists Are Numbered Incorrectly in Catalog Mail Merge

220583 - 2000: Mail Merge Data Source Form Field Calculations Result in 0

253818 - 2000: Mail Merge Delimiter Problem: Word 97 Cannot Open Word 2000 Data Sources

212188 - 2000: Mail Merge Does Not Merge Hidden Character Formatting

228936 - 2000: Mail Merge Includes Only Contacts Containing E-mail Addresses

209812 - 2000: Mail Merge Macro Fails to Record Label Number

211727 - 2000: Mail Merge Main Document Restored to Normal Word Document

211437 - 2000: Mail Merge Main Documents and Data Documents Not Saved in Background

224734 - 2000: Mail Merge May Affect Existing Toolbars

214225 - 2000: Mail Merge Produces Full Page of Labels

220572 - 2000: Mail Merge Query Options Fail with Mixed Text and Numbers

211353 - 2000: Mail Merge Stops Responding When You Use an Access Parameter Query

211834 - 2000: Mail Merge with Merged Cells in Data Table

211424 - 2000: Matching AddressLayout Fields to Outlook Contact Fields

212293 - 2000: Merge Based on Templates Contains Header and Footer

212358 - 2000: Merge Data Source Fails to Attach or Merge

212104 - 2000: Merge Results Blank Using Header File with ODBC Data Source

212326 - 2000: Merge to Fax Not Available

243289 - 2000: Merge with Multiple Pages per Sheet Works for First Record Only

283172 - 2000: Merged Hyperlinks from Access Contain Extra Information

212349 - 2000: Merged Text Prints in Different Font During Mail Merge

278997 - 2000: Outlook Address Book Not Available in Mail Merge Helper

225000 - 2000: Outlook Categories Field Unavailable in Mail Merge

211820 - 2000: Picture Does Not Appear on Envelopes or Labels Tab

242986 - 2000: Postal Bar Code Will Not Fit on Some Labels

220537 - 2000: Previous Record Next Record Buttons Fail to Change Data Displayed

211193 - 2000: Queries Not Available When Using Access Database

250322 - 2000: Question Marks Appear in Mail Merge Using Excel Data Source with Unicode Characters

211822 - 2000: Return Address Does Not Print or Appear on Envelopes Tab

212723 - 2000: Run-Time Error 5841 If Style Doesnt Exist

264754 - 2000: Run-time Error 5852 When You Search for Record in Data Source (Table)

278252 - 2000: Temporary Files Created During Mail Merge Are Not Deleted

214226 - 2000: Text Fails to Appear in the Envelopes and Labels Dialog Box

220548 - 2000: USPS Changes Postal Bar Code Requirements for Multi-Unit Buildings

211656 - 2000: Using MergeRec to Number Mail Merge Records

214161 - 2000: View Merged Data Doesnt Suppress Blank Lines

211491 - 2000: View Merged Data Fails After You Use Find Record

269111 - 2000: Which Address Books Can Be Used with Mail Merge Envelopes and Labels Features?

212374 - 2000: Word Accesses Mail Merge Data File Frequently

214187 - 2000: Word Assigns a Delivery Point Bar Code of 99

212392 - 2000: Word Default Font Changes When Address Font Changes

212042 - 2000: Word Does Not Propose Correct 'Address To'

213866 - 2000: Word Ignores First Record in Excel Data

212362 - 2000: Word Prompts to Select Header Delimiter Using Header File

212634 - 2000: WordBasic.EditGoTo Command Does Not Go to Bookmark

245522 - 2000: Works in Word Add-in Changes Mail Merge Command on Tools Menu

212583 - 2000: wdParagraph with ColumnSelectMode Does Not Select Text Column

Knowledge Base Articles - 1997

196511 - 1997: 'Bookmark Not Defined' When Merging Document That Has TOC

195197 - 1997: 'Feed From Envelope' Option Reset Under Windows NT 3.51

188872 - 1997: 'Header Record Delimiters' Appears Repeatedly in Merge

141077 - 1997: 'Invalid Page Fault' During Mail Merge

196844 - 1997: 'Merge to Electronic Fax' Unavailable with WinFax Pro

115146 - 1997: 'Too Many Data Fields' Managing Mail Merge in Source View

195688 - 1997: Accented or Extended Characters Lost in Mail Merge

195332 - 1997: Address Position Not Retained on Mail Merge Envelopes

197198 - 1997: Address in Envelopes and Labels Is Blank or Includes Date/Text

196437 - 1997: Cannot Cancel Find Record Search

181062 - 1997: Cannot Change Default Data Field Names in Mail Merge Helper

251244 - 1997: Cannot Change Outlook Contacts Folder for Labels or Envelopes Mail Merge

197773 - 1997: Cannot Replace All Occurrences of Invalid MERGEFIELD Field

183417 - 1997: Cannot Select Named Range from Excel During Mail Merge

162541 - 1997: Cant Access Mail Merge Data Source on Banyan Network

198313 - 1997: Cant Cancel Options Dialog Box of 'Cannot Find Data Source' Error

172327 - 1997: Cant Merge Documents with Tracked Changes

163366 - 1997: Cant Type Text Across Entire Label Using DeskJet 500

137076 - 1997: Cant Use Microsoft Access Files (.mdb or DDE) with Word

116220 - 1997: Character Formatting in Data Source Not Retained After Merge

097484 - 1997: Conditional Alphanumeric Merge May Yield Incorrect Results

197757 - 1997: Conditional MERGEFIELD Lost When Converted to MacWord

179973 - 1997: DMM: Errors Using Word to Create Mail Merge Document

178937 - 1997: Data Is Lost When You Type Information Through a Data Form

170905 - 1997: Envelope Address Moves After Canceling Font Changes

197212 - 1997: Envelope Address Positions Dont Stay Between Documents

179316 - 1997: Envelope Address Style Not Applied to Envelope Address

108500 - 1997: Envelope Command Fails to Pick Up Print Merge Address Fields

155959 - 1997: Envelope Feed Method Displayed Incorrectly (HP DeskJet)

197211 - 1997: Envelope Print Merge Fails to Omit Return Address

183416 - 1997: Envelope Prints Blank After Upgrading to SR-1

155200 - 1997: Envelopes 'Feed From' Option Reset in Word Under NT 3.51 4.

137156 - 1997: Envelopes Print Wrong or Blank on HP DeskJet Printers

198359 - 1997: Err Msg: 'MergeField Was Not Found...' When Mail Merging

182610 - 1997: Err Msg: 'Runtime Error' When Creating Form Letter

140745 - 1997: Err Msg: 'There Is No Address Field in the Address Book'

195202 - 1997: Err Msg: 'Word Could Not Merge the Main Document with the Data Source'

170410 - 1997: ErrMsg Inserting If Then Else Field into Envelope

171596 - 1997: ErrMsg in Letter and Envelope Mail Merge w/ Excel DDE Data Source

142761 - 1997: Error Message: '...Word Cannot Find Its Data Source...'

237284 - 1997: Error Message: 'Cannot Find Installable ISAM'

113314 - 1997: Error Message: 'Word Could Not Parse Your Query Options'

185795 - 1997: Error Message: 'Word Was Unable to Open the Datasource' Using ODBC

157106 - 1997: Error Message: Word Could Not Open as a Data or Header Source Because It Is the Active Mail Merge Main Document

137385 - 1997: Error Using Text Data Source with ODBC Driver

197216 - 1997: Error with Blank ASK or FILLIN Field on Merge

197745 - 1997: Fields in Header/Footer Not Merged in E-Mail Attachment

105096 - 1997: Find Record Fails to Find First Data Record

121109 - 1997: Font Changes During Mail Merge

196715 - 1997: How to Add a Graphic or Logo to Every Label on a Page

182311 - 1997: How to Change Delivery or Return Address Formatting

115412 - 1997: How to Change the Page Size to A4 for Custom Labels

140344 - 1997: How to Convert Data in One Column to a Table for Merging

194491 - 1997: How to Convert WordPerfect Merge Data Documents to Word

170130 - 1997: How to Create Business Cards in Microsoft Word

195989 - 1997: How to Create Envelopes Using Mail Merge

195609 - 1997: How to Create Mailing Labels Using the Mail Merge Feature

195658 - 1997: How to Create and Save Custom Labels in Word

195994 - 1997: How to Force Text to Start at Same Line in Merged Letters

155314 - 1997: How to Format the Fax Number Field When You Merge to Fax

105888 - 1997: How to Merge Conditional Number of Records to the Same Page

183426 - 1997: How to Merge a Single Data Source to Multiple Documents

134901 - 1997: How to Modify the Layout of an Address Book Entry

140343 - 1997: How to Print Envelopes or Labels from a List of Addresses

155198 - 1997: How to Print Multiple Copies of an Envelope

181993 - 1997: How to Show Access Check Boxes During a Mail Merge

141922 - 1997: How to Start a Mail Merge

264723 - 1997: How to Suppress Blank Lines During a Mail Merge

198040 - 1997: How to Use Dates as Mail Merge Selection Criteria

181730 - 1997: How to Use Mail Merge to Create a List Sorted by Category

198293 - 1997: How to Use Mail Merge with a Microsoft Access Parameter Query

155179 - 1997: How to Use Microsoft Excel Data Source for Word Mail Merge

090393 - 1997: How to Use Nested IF Fields in a Mail Merge Document

120810 - 1997: How to Use a Secured Database in Word Mail Merge

191264 - 1997: How to Use the Outlook Express Address Book in Mail Merge

155982 - 1997: Hyperlink Style Format Is Not Retained After Merge

121938 - 1997: Hyphens Dont Display Correctly with Numeric Picture Switch

194597 - 1997: IF Fields Not Visible in Mail Merge Documents

134928 - 1997: Incomplete Message in Labels Dialog With HP IIIsi PS Driver

176620 - 1997: Incorrect Results Using Quotation Marks Commas or Backslashes in Conditional Merge

257951 - 1997: Incorrect Results When You Perform Mail Merge with Excel Data Source

196883 - 1997: Invalid Field Name Can Be Added to Word Data Source

159880 - 1997: Invalid Page Fault Clicking Check Errors

228929 - 1997: Invalid Page Fault Merging Data File After Numbering Records

165392 - 1997: Invalid Page Fault in PIMAB32.dll w/ Compaq Address Book

195115 - 1997: Label Mail Merge Displays Extra Row of Labels

140530 - 1997: Labels Print Page of 'Error! Reference Source Not Found.'

161612 - 1997: Letter Wizard Replaces Merge Field with AutoTextList

254374 - 1997: Lists Are Numbered Incorrectly in Catalog Mail Merge

196940 - 1997: Mail Merge Does Not Merge Hidden Character Formatting

197149 - 1997: Mail Merge Helper Behaves Differently When Called by a Macro

153668 - 1997: Mail Merge Main Document Cannot Find Data Source

195328 - 1997: Mail Merge Main Document Restored to Normal Word Document

171689 - 1997: Mail Merge Main and Data Documents Not Saved in Background

198384 - 1997: Mail Merge Produces Full Page of Labels

194747 - 1997: Mail Merge Tutorial and Help File Available

172328 - 1997: Mail Merge with Merged Cells in Data Table Hangs Word

197761 - 1997: Mail Merge: Blank Lines Not Suppressed in Last Line in Table

163649 - 1997: Mailing Label Wizard Prints Only in Column 1

172819 - 1997: Main Document Not Connected to Data Source in Word 6.x/7.x

198372 - 1997: Merge Buttons in Mail Merge Helper Toolbar Are Unavailable

115171 - 1997: Merge Data Source Fails to Attach Merge or Allow Check

196514 - 1997: Merge Results Blank Using Header File with ODBC

189932 - 1997: Merge To Electronic Fax Option Missing

142088 - 1997: Merge to Fax Not Available

214598 - 1997: Merge to Printer Causes 'Fields Nested Too Deeply' Error

188705 - 1997: Merge to Printer Results in Error Message

155899 - 1997: Merged Document Based on Elegant Template Includes Header

091031 - 1997: NUMPAGES Field Does Not Work During Mail Merge

195690 - 1997: No Response When Selecting Form Letters for Mail Merge

186716 - 1997: Not Asked to Save Data Source Closing Mail Merge Document

166787 - 1997: ODMA File Open Not Supported in Mail Merge

163729 - 1997: OLE Automation Fails When Using 'Word.Basic' Object

178718 - 1997: Only First & Last Name Returned from Lotus Notes Data Source

168236 - 1997: Outlook Address Book Not Available in Mail Merge Helper

177371 - 1997: Picture/Object Does Not Show on Envelopes/Labels Tab

166957 - 1997: Problems with Mail Merge Main Documents Saved as RTF

205539 - 1997: Recorded Macro Doesnt Insert Frame Contained in AutoText Entry

177369 - 1997: Return Address Does Not Print or Show on Envelopes Tab

195484 - 1997: Schedule+ Contact List Not Sorted Alphabetically

141874 - 1997: Some Contact List Fields Not Available to Word

072441 - 1997: Suppressing Blank Spaces in a Print Merge (Mail Merge)

191376 - 1997: Tabs Button Doesnt Work with Envelopes and Labels

198368 - 1997: Text Boxes/Drawing Objects Not Merged with Track Changes

198383 - 1997: Text Fails to Appear in Envelopes/Labels Delivery Box

116044 - 1997: The Merge Button in the Mail Merge Helper Not Available

142345 - 1997: Unable to Fax Mail Merge to Microsoft Fax from Word

105745 - 1997: Unable to See List of Merge Fields

221178 - 1997: Unable to Use Mail Merge with Outlook Address Book

168416 - 1997: Using ActiveX Control in Mail Merge Causes Page Fault

071829 - 1997: Using MergeRec to Number Mail Merge Records

187818 - 1997: Using the ASCII and ANSI Characters in Word for Windows

168729 - 1997: View Merged Data Fails After Using Find Record

283793 - 1997: Which Address Books Can Be Used with Word?

106469 - 1997: Word Accesses Mail Merge Data File Frequently

157615 - 1997: Word Cant Open Data Source If String Is Too Long

146896 - 1997: Word Ignores First Record in Excel Data Source

179256 - 1997: Word Mail Merge Hangs Using Access Parameter Query

224697 - 1997: Word Mail Merge Starts Second Instance of Access

198058 - 1997: Word Truncates Your User Information Mailing Address