[access-uk] Re: problem with mail merge wizard

  • From: "Justin R" <mypc128@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:24:42 +0100

Hi david,
Thanks, that does help me a lot. Seems like the data source in the word document needs to be redone in a different layout.

I had set up the data source addresses, writing the addresses the way you would do on a letter but one after the other.

thanks,
Justin
----- Original Message ----- From: "David W Wood" <g3yxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 6:24 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: problem with mail merge wizard


Justin

I can't tell you of a more straight forward way of achieving your goal,
but can help regarding 'deliminators'.
These are the characters which are between the various fields in your
data source, and considering your problem it may require that you re-
edit it.
deliminators are usually tabs, spaces or commas.
e.g.
miss test,1 guess street,anyvillage,sometown,county,code,

it is also important that the headers are in the same format and on the
row immediately above the first entry in your data list.

HTH

David


In message <003601c5d974$99f79320$2b276551@default23iugqs>, Justin R
<mypc128@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

   Hi everyone,

   Don't know if you can help me out but, I'm having serious trouble
   in getting mail merge to work on MS word XP. When I do a mail
   merge at college on, i think is Word 2000, I have no trouble at
   all! It works just fine!

   However, seeing as the wizard in Word XP is different I'm stumped.
   Literally.

   I'm trying to merge a list of addresses, in word document with a
   letter written in another word document.

   When I start the wizard, tell it I want to use the letter I've got
   on screen. Then, I tell it I want to use an existing data source
   to get the addresses I need. I hit on browse, choose the file
   "data source let" in word doc format.
   Then, I get this message.

   Header Record Deliminator
   It goes onto say that data must be separate from each other by
   charactors, whatever. I don't even know what a deliminator is! I
   don't get any of this at college! and I do exaclty the same thing
   as I'm doing here. Except that XP's mail merge wizard is different
   to older versions. when i just click OK, I have a list of
   recipients to edit, select etc.

   I just don't know what to do. Is there any way of turning off the
   wizard and doing the mail merge the old way?

   Any answers, please let me know.

   thanks,

Justin 

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