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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: Losing bold and underline w/INCLUDETEXT fields |
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Wow, what does \*! mean?
Also, since I really have to get up to speed on all these merge codes and
their possibilities, can anyone recommend a good source for studying all
about advanced merge codes features, so I can give WordPerfect a run for its
money? I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much more powerful
than Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter of learning the
way Word does these things... :)
"macropod" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hi Kathy,
I'd have thought that, if your {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field had a
charformat switch (ie {MERGEFIELD Lastname \* charformat} and the 'M' was
formatted with the bold and underlined attributes, these would have been
preserved.
Since that seems not to work, have you tried adding a character style to
the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field in the subdoc, with the bold and
underlined attributes?
Another possibility, is adding a '\*!' switch to your INCLUDTEXT field.
I'm not sure if either method will work, but it's worth a try.
Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I'm using the INCLUDETEXT command within a merge document to call in a
subdoc while merging. The subdoc also contains merge fields, ie,
{MERGEFIELD Lastname}. Although the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field is bold
and underlined in the subdoc, when it merges into the final product, the
bold and underline are gone. I've tried \*mergeformat and \*charformat
with no success.
Can I get some help?
Thanks.
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Kathy Webster
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Losing bold and underline w/INCLUDETEXT fields |
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Thanks, I checked that and its not the case. But even if it was the case,
if I specifically indicate that a mergefield within a paragraph should have
a specific format, one would think it would override a style code of a
paragraph. :-|
"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Quote: | One thing to check here is that you are not using the same paragraph style
name in your main and sub, but with different style definitions. Although
Word uses some combination of the styles and formatting in the main
document, the styles and formatting inthe subdocument, and the formatting
applied to the field, I really couldn't tell you what the rules are
exactly.
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I'm using the INCLUDETEXT command within a merge document to call in a
subdoc while merging. The subdoc also contains merge fields, ie,
{MERGEFIELD Lastname}. Although the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field is bold
and underlined in the subdoc, when it merges into the final product, the
bold and underline are gone. I've tried \*mergeformat and \*charformat
with no success.
Can I get some help?
Thanks.
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Kathy Webster
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: If statement with a date |
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Thank you. There are so many different requirements for different date
scenarios. That's why I need to address the issue in Word rather than in my
access data source. I would love to have Access handle it, since I know
what I'm doing there!  Unfortunately, I need to build my Word chops.
"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Quote: | macropod's solution is just fine, but if your data source is something
like Access you can also consider using a query to give the right date,
which may help keep the complexity of your Word documents down.
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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In a mailmerge doc, I have {MERGEFIELD DateOfLoss}. I do not want the
merged doc to print the DateOfLoss: I want it to print the date 2 years
and 1 day AFTER the DateOfLoss.
Any takers?
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Kathy Webster
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: If statement with a date |
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Yee-hikes! Thank you for doing the heavy lifting!
xxoo
"macropod" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hi Kathy,
To do this you could code your field as:
{QUOTE
{SET MDate {MERGEFIELD DateOfLoss}}
{SET a{=INT((14-{MDate \@ M})/12)}}
{SET b{={MDate \@ yyyy}+4802-a}}
{SET c{={MDate \@ M}+12*a-3}}
{SET d{MDate \@ d}}
{SET jd{=d+INT((153*c+2)/5)+365*b+INT(b/4)-INT(b/100)+INT(b/400)-32044}}
{SET e{=INT((4*(jd+32044)+3)/146097)}}
{SET f{=jd+32044-INT(146097*e/4)}}
{SET g{=INT((4*f+3)/1461)}}
{SET h{=f-INT(1461*g/4)}}
{SET i{=INT((5*h+2)/153)}}
{SET dd{=h-INT((153*i+2)/5)+1}}
{SET mm{=i+3-12*INT(i/10)}}
{SET yy{=100*e+g-4800+INT(i/10)}}
"{dd}-{mm}-{yy}" \@ "dddd, d MMMM yyyy"}
Rather than creating all this yourself, you can download my Date Calc
'tutorial', at:
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/showthreaded.pl?Number=249902
and modify the example under 'Calculate a day, date, month and year, using
n days delay' to suit.
The key changes are:
. change {SET Delay 14}to {SET MDate {MERGEFIELD DateOfLoss}}
. change all 'DATE' strings to 'MDate'
. change '4800' on the 4th line to '4802'
. change '32045+Delay' on the 7th line to '32044'
Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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In a mailmerge doc, I have {MERGEFIELD DateOfLoss}. I do not want the
merged doc to print the DateOfLoss: I want it to print the date 2 years
and 1 day AFTER the DateOfLoss.
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Peter Jamieson
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| Quote: | I would love to have Access handle it, since I know what I'm doing there!
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Well, you're probably better off following your existing approach, but
if you really prefer Access/Jet/VBA-style date calculations, see
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk/t0004.htm
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Thank you. There are so many different requirements for different date
scenarios. That's why I need to address the issue in Word rather than in
my access data source. I would love to have Access handle it, since I
know what I'm doing there! Unfortunately, I need to build my Word
chops.
"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:esBggm%23gHHA.4596@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
macropod's solution is just fine, but if your data source is something
like Access you can also consider using a query to give the right date,
which may help keep the complexity of your Word documents down.
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7abWh.6924$3P3.6453@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
In a mailmerge doc, I have {MERGEFIELD DateOfLoss}. I do not want the
merged doc to print the DateOfLoss: I want it to print the date 2 years
and 1 day AFTER the DateOfLoss.
Any takers?
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Peter Jamieson
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: Losing bold and underline w/INCLUDETEXT fields |
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\*! means "lock the result.
Word Help (prior to Word 2007, anyway) is as good a place to start as any
with field codes and switches. Look for "Automating Tasks and
Programmability" in the Table of Contents
| Quote: | I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much more powerful than
Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter of learning the way
Word does these things...
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Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:_7tXh.4748$j63.34@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
| Quote: | Wow, what does \*! mean?
Also, since I really have to get up to speed on all these merge codes and
their possibilities, can anyone recommend a good source for studying all
about advanced merge codes features, so I can give WordPerfect a run for
its money? I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much more
powerful than Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter of
learning the way Word does these things... :)
"macropod" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:u4dnin9gHHA.4596@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Hi Kathy,
I'd have thought that, if your {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field had a
charformat switch (ie {MERGEFIELD Lastname \* charformat} and the 'M' was
formatted with the bold and underlined attributes, these would have been
preserved.
Since that seems not to work, have you tried adding a character style to
the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field in the subdoc, with the bold and
underlined attributes?
Another possibility, is adding a '\*!' switch to your INCLUDTEXT field.
I'm not sure if either method will work, but it's worth a try.
Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:o_aWh.6922$3P3.581@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
I'm using the INCLUDETEXT command within a merge document to call in a
subdoc while merging. The subdoc also contains merge fields, ie,
{MERGEFIELD Lastname}. Although the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field is bold
and underlined in the subdoc, when it merges into the final product, the
bold and underline are gone. I've tried \*mergeformat and \*charformat
with no success.
Can I get some help?
Thanks.
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dizzy izzie
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:10 pm Post subject: RE: data not merging into labels. Just get 'next record' for |
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Dear GrannieAnnie, I have had the same problem and wondered if you solved it.
I am using Word 2003 and have a simple list of files in Excel. Everything
looks fine up to step 3 then I end up with blank labels, even though the mail
merge recipients dialog box shows my list it does not merge it. What was the
answer, because the replies you got did not help me.
--
izzie
"GrannieAnnie" wrote:
| Quote: | I have tried to create labels using data from an Excel spreadsheet, Word
table and adding them during Wizard. In each case the contacts fail to merge,
I just get a document with 'next record' at all but first label |
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Peter Jamieson
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:18 am Post subject: Re: Losing bold and underline w/INCLUDETEXT fields |
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I'm not sure this is going to answer your question, but here goes anyway...
| Quote: | one would think it would override a style code of a paragraph
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I would also tend to hope that, but there are some things to watch out for
in all this, e.g.
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1. with styles in general and formatting fields in particular, Word tends
to see formatting in terms of the differences between
- the styles that pertain to the text in question and
- the direct formatting you apply
So, to give a contrived example, suppose you have a subdocument with a
single paragraph containing some text and a MERGEFIELD field with no
switches. The paragraph style says "underlined", but actually you format
everything in the paragraph /except/ the field as not underlined. (OK, I
said it was contrived). Then in your mail merge main document, you
INCLUDETEXT the file in a normal paragraph with no underlining.
In this case you should not see any underlining in the output. Word applies
the style and formatting of the main document, which is not underlined. The
text in the subdocument is not underlined anyway, but in the case of the
underlined field, well, its formatting is no different from the paragraph
style. But Word isn't looking at the paragraph style, just differences
between the paragraph style and direct formatting, and there are none in
this case. So the result is not underlined. If however, you colour the
MERGEFIELD red, red will appear in the result. What's more, there is no
difference if you use \*Charformat, which is distressing,.
Actually, I don't think my description is completely accurate but the person
to ask IMO is John McGhie who probably understands these style mixing issues
better than anyone (You're more likely to find him in the Mac Word group).
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2. In your main document, in a Normal paragraph, insert your INCLUDETEXT
field with no switches. Then change the formatting of the field or
paragraph, e.g. the font. Do you see a \*Mergeformat being added? Maybe not,
but here I do, at the moment. I can kill the \*Mergeformat but I'm not sure
how long it stays dead.
The trouble with \*Mergeformat is that
- its name isn't exactly self-explanatory, and in fact I think it's quite
misleading. I suspect a lot of people think it's kind of the opposite of
\*charformat, and applies the format of the surrounding text.
- at some point, someone in Microsoft started adding \*Mergeformat by
default to pretty well every field that anyone inserted through the user
interface. I suspect they didn't understand what it does, either. Word Help
nearly gets it right
"Applies the formatting of the previous result to the new result. For
example, if you select the name displayed by the field { AUTHOR \*
MERGEFORMAT } and apply bold formatting, Microsoft Word retains the bold
formatting when the field is updated when the author name changes. "
If that's all it does, why would you need it? Why not just apply the
formatting to the field and have the result be the same as the field? Well,
one reason is that the current Help only tells part of the story. The
original Word for Windows Help (and I'm going back to my WfW1 manual) says
that \*Mergeformat
"Applies the formatting of the previous result, word for word, to the new
result."
"If there is no previous result, applies the formatting of the first
character after the opening field character ({) to the result."
(I think it means the first non-blank character - in those days Word did not
insert extra space before field names).
There's more, to do with what happens if the number of words changes, but I
think it may be wrong or changed.
So \*Mergeformat is tricky, and things are likely to be even trickier when
it's applied to an INCLUDETEXT which is including a variable amount of text.
So Word adding a sneaky \*Mergeformat isn't a great help.
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3. (Probably not relevant to your problem, but perhaps worth mentioning
anyway). If you merge to a new document, INCLUDETEXT fields are retained in
the output. Word evaluates the included text in each case and inserts the
results, otherwise it wouldn't work at all. But if you actually select all
those INCLUDETEXTs and press F9, the original file is inserted with all its
{ MERGEFIELD } codes etc. So beware! - if you need to keep the results,
"fix" them by selecting everything and using ctrl-shift-F9.
Sorry, it's late here and I'm rambling...
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:K9tXh.4750$j63.4294@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
| Quote: | Thanks, I checked that and its not the case. But even if it was the case,
if I specifically indicate that a mergefield within a paragraph should
have a specific format, one would think it would override a style code of
a paragraph. :-|
"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23Ow9uiAhHHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
One thing to check here is that you are not using the same paragraph
style name in your main and sub, but with different style definitions.
Although Word uses some combination of the styles and formatting in the
main document, the styles and formatting inthe subdocument, and the
formatting applied to the field, I really couldn't tell you what the
rules are exactly.
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:o_aWh.6922$3P3.581@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
I'm using the INCLUDETEXT command within a merge document to call in a
subdoc while merging. The subdoc also contains merge fields, ie,
{MERGEFIELD Lastname}. Although the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field is bold
and underlined in the subdoc, when it merges into the final product, the
bold and underline are gone. I've tried \*mergeformat and \*charformat
with no success.
Can I get some help?
Thanks.
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Kathy Webster
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:29 am Post subject: Re: Losing bold and underline w/INCLUDETEXT fields |
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1. I tried \*! and I got:
Error! Unknown switch argument.
(Word 2002.)
2. I clicked Help, Microsoft Word Help, Contents. I don't see
"Automating Tasks and
"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Quote: | \*! means "lock the result.
Word Help (prior to Word 2007, anyway) is as good a place to start as any
with field codes and switches. Look for "Automating Tasks and
Programmability" in the Table of Contents
I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much more powerful than
Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter of learning the way
Word does these things... :)
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:_7tXh.4748$j63.34@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
Wow, what does \*! mean?
Also, since I really have to get up to speed on all these merge codes and
their possibilities, can anyone recommend a good source for studying all
about advanced merge codes features, so I can give WordPerfect a run for
its money? I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much more
powerful than Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter of
learning the way Word does these things... :)
"macropod" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:u4dnin9gHHA.4596@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Hi Kathy,
I'd have thought that, if your {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field had a
charformat switch (ie {MERGEFIELD Lastname \* charformat} and the 'M'
was formatted with the bold and underlined attributes, these would have
been preserved.
Since that seems not to work, have you tried adding a character style to
the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field in the subdoc, with the bold and
underlined attributes?
Another possibility, is adding a '\*!' switch to your INCLUDTEXT field.
I'm not sure if either method will work, but it's worth a try.
Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:o_aWh.6922$3P3.581@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
I'm using the INCLUDETEXT command within a merge document to call in a
subdoc while merging. The subdoc also contains merge fields, ie,
{MERGEFIELD Lastname}. Although the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field is
bold and underlined in the subdoc, when it merges into the final
product, the bold and underline are gone. I've tried \*mergeformat and
\*charformat with no success.
Can I get some help?
Thanks.
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Peter Jamieson
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:38 am Post subject: Re: data not merging into labels. Just get 'next record' for |
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You have to tell Word what you want in the labels. It doesn't try to guess.
I'd suggest you visit Graham Mayor's pages at
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm and start about
half way down where it says "Insert Fields".
Peter Jamieson
"dizzy izzie" <dizzyizzie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Dear GrannieAnnie, I have had the same problem and wondered if you solved
it.
I am using Word 2003 and have a simple list of files in Excel. Everything
looks fine up to step 3 then I end up with blank labels, even though the
mail
merge recipients dialog box shows my list it does not merge it. What was
the
answer, because the replies you got did not help me.
--
izzie
"GrannieAnnie" wrote:
I have tried to create labels using data from an Excel spreadsheet, Word
table and adding them during Wizard. In each case the contacts fail to
merge,
I just get a document with 'next record' at all but first label |
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Peter Jamieson
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:44 am Post subject: Re: Losing bold and underline w/INCLUDETEXT fields |
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| Quote: | 1. I tried \*! and I got:
Error! Unknown switch argument.
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Sorry, should be just \!
| Quote: | 2. I clicked Help, Microsoft Word Help, Contents. I don't see
"Automating Tasks and
Programmability"
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I'll see if I can find it.
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:6ixXh.3550$Ut6.1062@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
| Quote: | 1. I tried \*! and I got:
Error! Unknown switch argument.
(Word 2002.)
2. I clicked Help, Microsoft Word Help, Contents. I don't see
"Automating Tasks and
Programmability"
"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eolSJKshHHA.4132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
\*! means "lock the result.
Word Help (prior to Word 2007, anyway) is as good a place to start as any
with field codes and switches. Look for "Automating Tasks and
Programmability" in the Table of Contents
I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much more powerful than
Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter of learning the way
Word does these things... :)
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:_7tXh.4748$j63.34@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
Wow, what does \*! mean?
Also, since I really have to get up to speed on all these merge codes
and their possibilities, can anyone recommend a good source for studying
all about advanced merge codes features, so I can give WordPerfect a run
for its money? I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much
more powerful than Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter
of learning the way Word does these things... :)
"macropod" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:u4dnin9gHHA.4596@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Hi Kathy,
I'd have thought that, if your {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field had a
charformat switch (ie {MERGEFIELD Lastname \* charformat} and the 'M'
was formatted with the bold and underlined attributes, these would have
been preserved.
Since that seems not to work, have you tried adding a character style
to the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field in the subdoc, with the bold and
underlined attributes?
Another possibility, is adding a '\*!' switch to your INCLUDTEXT field.
I'm not sure if either method will work, but it's worth a try.
Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:o_aWh.6922$3P3.581@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
I'm using the INCLUDETEXT command within a merge document to call in a
subdoc while merging. The subdoc also contains merge fields, ie,
{MERGEFIELD Lastname}. Although the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field is
bold and underlined in the subdoc, when it merges into the final
product, the bold and underline are gone. I've tried \*mergeformat
and \*charformat with no success.
Can I get some help?
Thanks.
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macropod
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:55 am Post subject: Re: Losing bold and underline w/INCLUDETEXT fields |
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Hi Kathy,
Sorry, that should habe been \!
Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:6ixXh.3550$Ut6.1062@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
| Quote: | 1. I tried \*! and I got:
Error! Unknown switch argument.
(Word 2002.)
2. I clicked Help, Microsoft Word Help, Contents. I don't see
"Automating Tasks and
Programmability"
"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eolSJKshHHA.4132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
\*! means "lock the result.
Word Help (prior to Word 2007, anyway) is as good a place to start as any
with field codes and switches. Look for "Automating Tasks and
Programmability" in the Table of Contents
I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much more powerful than
Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter of learning the way
Word does these things... :)
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:_7tXh.4748$j63.34@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
Wow, what does \*! mean?
Also, since I really have to get up to speed on all these merge codes and
their possibilities, can anyone recommend a good source for studying all
about advanced merge codes features, so I can give WordPerfect a run for
its money? I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much more
powerful than Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter of
learning the way Word does these things... :)
"macropod" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:u4dnin9gHHA.4596@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
Hi Kathy,
I'd have thought that, if your {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field had a
charformat switch (ie {MERGEFIELD Lastname \* charformat} and the 'M'
was formatted with the bold and underlined attributes, these would have
been preserved.
Since that seems not to work, have you tried adding a character style to
the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field in the subdoc, with the bold and
underlined attributes?
Another possibility, is adding a '\*!' switch to your INCLUDTEXT field.
I'm not sure if either method will work, but it's worth a try.
Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I'm using the INCLUDETEXT command within a merge document to call in a
subdoc while merging. The subdoc also contains merge fields, ie,
{MERGEFIELD Lastname}. Although the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field is
bold and underlined in the subdoc, when it merges into the final
product, the bold and underline are gone. I've tried \*mergeformat and
\*charformat with no success.
Can I get some help?
Thanks.
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dizzy izzie
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Thanks for the reply Peter. I guess I should have said that the step of
inserting the <<next field>> was completed, and I see the recipient list
which has all the names and they are all checked off, but when I get to the
step of preview the labels the labels go blank and the next record
disappears; nothing merges. I did visit the website you recommended and even
followed the steps to "Apply formatting to fields in Word" Confirm conversion
at open, but that didn't help.
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"Peter Jamieson" wrote:
| Quote: | You have to tell Word what you want in the labels. It doesn't try to guess.
I'd suggest you visit Graham Mayor's pages at
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm and start about
half way down where it says "Insert Fields".
Peter Jamieson
"dizzy izzie" <dizzyizzie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Dear GrannieAnnie, I have had the same problem and wondered if you solved
it.
I am using Word 2003 and have a simple list of files in Excel. Everything
looks fine up to step 3 then I end up with blank labels, even though the
mail
merge recipients dialog box shows my list it does not merge it. What was
the
answer, because the replies you got did not help me.
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izzie
"GrannieAnnie" wrote:
I have tried to create labels using data from an Excel spreadsheet, Word
table and adding them during Wizard. In each case the contacts fail to
merge,
I just get a document with 'next record' at all but first label
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Peter Jamieson
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:33 am Post subject: Re: Losing bold and underline w/INCLUDETEXT fields |
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| Quote: | (Word 2002.)
2. I clicked Help, Microsoft Word Help, Contents. I don't see
"Automating Tasks and
Programmability"
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In Word 2002, the ToC heading is "Field Types and Switches"
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | 1. I tried \*! and I got:
Error! Unknown switch argument.
(Word 2002.)
2. I clicked Help, Microsoft Word Help, Contents. I don't see
"Automating Tasks and
Programmability"
"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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\*! means "lock the result.
Word Help (prior to Word 2007, anyway) is as good a place to start as any
with field codes and switches. Look for "Automating Tasks and
Programmability" in the Table of Contents
I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much more powerful than
Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter of learning the way
Word does these things... :)
Peter Jamieson
"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Wow, what does \*! mean?
Also, since I really have to get up to speed on all these merge codes
and their possibilities, can anyone recommend a good source for studying
all about advanced merge codes features, so I can give WordPerfect a run
for its money? I'm so tired of everyone claiming that WP is so much
more powerful than Word in this department...I'm sure its just a matter
of learning the way Word does these things... :)
"macropod" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Hi Kathy,
I'd have thought that, if your {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field had a
charformat switch (ie {MERGEFIELD Lastname \* charformat} and the 'M'
was formatted with the bold and underlined attributes, these would have
been preserved.
Since that seems not to work, have you tried adding a character style
to the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field in the subdoc, with the bold and
underlined attributes?
Another possibility, is adding a '\*!' switch to your INCLUDTEXT field.
I'm not sure if either method will work, but it's worth a try.
Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Kathy Webster" <slickdock@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:o_aWh.6922$3P3.581@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
I'm using the INCLUDETEXT command within a merge document to call in a
subdoc while merging. The subdoc also contains merge fields, ie,
{MERGEFIELD Lastname}. Although the {MERGEFIELD Lastname} field is
bold and underlined in the subdoc, when it merges into the final
product, the bold and underline are gone. I've tried \*mergeformat
and \*charformat with no success.
Can I get some help?
Thanks.
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