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How do I save mailing labels resulting from a mail merge?
With Office 97 I was able to create mailing lists from mail merge and save
the file for future use. With Office 2003, Office creates a query, not the one I used to create the original labels, to generate the labels and they are not the same. I have tried mail merge directly from an Access query and from a spreadsheet generated by the same query. In both cases I get the same wrong result when I try to reuse the file. Thanks for your help Wayne Brady |
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Which application are you referring to specifically? Word can create
mailing labels and Access can too. Are you saying you used to save the completed mail merge labels for future use in Word 97? This can still be done in Word 2003 so can you try clarifying the issue a little more? What application are you using and what are the exact steps you are using? Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Wayne Brady" Wayne wrote in message ... With Office 97 I was able to create mailing lists from mail merge and save the file for future use. With Office 2003, Office creates a query, not the one I used to create the original labels, to generate the labels and they are not the same. I have tried mail merge directly from an Access query and from a spreadsheet generated by the same query. In both cases I get the same wrong result when I try to reuse the file. Thanks for your help Wayne Brady |
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I had not tried to us Access for mailing labels. That sounds like a good
idea. I have been using Word to generate the mailing labels. The thing that puzzles me is the fact that when I saved the labels in the past, it was a simple word document. Now, it seems to have a function built in that generates a new query. Wayne "Beth Melton" wrote: Which application are you referring to specifically? Word can create mailing labels and Access can too. Are you saying you used to save the completed mail merge labels for future use in Word 97? This can still be done in Word 2003 so can you try clarifying the issue a little more? What application are you using and what are the exact steps you are using? Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Wayne Brady" Wayne wrote in message ... With Office 97 I was able to create mailing lists from mail merge and save the file for future use. With Office 2003, Office creates a query, not the one I used to create the original labels, to generate the labels and they are not the same. I have tried mail merge directly from an Access query and from a spreadsheet generated by the same query. In both cases I get the same wrong result when I try to reuse the file. Thanks for your help Wayne Brady |
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Ah! Did you click "Edit Individual Labels" on the last step of the
Mail Merge Wizard? I think that's what you are missing - otherwise the merge hasn't been completed. Personally I just turn on the Mail Merge toolbar and by-pass new "Mail Merge Wizard". Just use the commands on the toolbar from left to right and you'll have everything you need So much easier! Although, if interested in using the Mail Merge toolbar instead you'll also want to add the "Insert Merge Field" command: - Go to Tools/Customize - On the Commands tab select "All Commands" - Find "InsertMergeField" in the commands - Drag/drop on the Mail Merge toolbar Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Wayne Brady" wrote in message ... I had not tried to us Access for mailing labels. That sounds like a good idea. I have been using Word to generate the mailing labels. The thing that puzzles me is the fact that when I saved the labels in the past, it was a simple word document. Now, it seems to have a function built in that generates a new query. |
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Thank you very much for your help. I really appreciated the rapidness of the
response and the usefulness of your suggestions. Wayne "Beth Melton" wrote: Ah! Did you click "Edit Individual Labels" on the last step of the Mail Merge Wizard? I think that's what you are missing - otherwise the merge hasn't been completed. Personally I just turn on the Mail Merge toolbar and by-pass new "Mail Merge Wizard". Just use the commands on the toolbar from left to right and you'll have everything you need So much easier! Although, if interested in using the Mail Merge toolbar instead you'll also want to add the "Insert Merge Field" command: - Go to Tools/Customize - On the Commands tab select "All Commands" - Find "InsertMergeField" in the commands - Drag/drop on the Mail Merge toolbar Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Wayne Brady" wrote in message ... I had not tried to us Access for mailing labels. That sounds like a good idea. I have been using Word to generate the mailing labels. The thing that puzzles me is the fact that when I saved the labels in the past, it was a simple word document. Now, it seems to have a function built in that generates a new query. |
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:30:04 -0700, "Wayne Brady"
wrote: I had not tried to us Access for mailing labels. That sounds like a good idea. I have been using Word to generate the mailing labels. The thing that puzzles me is the fact that when I saved the labels in the past, it was a simple word document. Now, it seems to have a function built in that generates a new query. Wayne Most programs which can design and print mailing labels also have an option to either print them to a file, or print them to the printer. Donald McDaniel "Beth Melton" wrote: Which application are you referring to specifically? Word can create mailing labels and Access can too. Are you saying you used to save the completed mail merge labels for future use in Word 97? This can still be done in Word 2003 so can you try clarifying the issue a little more? What application are you using and what are the exact steps you are using? Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Wayne Brady" Wayne wrote in message ... With Office 97 I was able to create mailing lists from mail merge and save the file for future use. With Office 2003, Office creates a query, not the one I used to create the original labels, to generate the labels and they are not the same. I have tried mail merge directly from an Access query and from a spreadsheet generated by the same query. In both cases I get the same wrong result when I try to reuse the file. Thanks for your help Wayne Brady Donald L McDaniel Please reply to the original thread so that conversations may be kept in order ================================================== ===== |
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