Re: Can I merge labels in Word, Office X?

I'm afraid I don't know what to tell you. I don't have access to Office X &
nothing I do in 2004 enables me to reproduce the problem. You shouldn't have
to use the "Headers" feature in the first place unless the data is coming
from a file different than the one containing the Headers. Why it's locking
up when trying to access the data file I'm simply not sure.

Is Office X fully updated - 10.1.9?

Try running Disk Utility - Repair Disk Permissions... I don't know that it
will help, but it can't hurt :) I'll also put out a feeler for anyone still
running X to see if they can help you out.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 9/6/07 12:52 PM, in article
spamhwaxman-BFBC19.12523306092007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Harvey Waxman"
<spamhwaxman@xxxxxxx> wrote:

It seems impossible for me to place 100 records into the label document. I
migh
have to cut/paste each one separately. ugh

I have followed the directions. When I 'get data' Word freezes.
If I first 'open header source' and arrange the headers that show up (the ones
that are in my data document) the labels document displays the headers in
their appropriate places on each label. Progress? Not really.

When I then 'get the data' Word freezes as before.

How I can merge these documents?

In article <spamhwaxman-5B454D.11322806092007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Harvey Waxman <spamhwaxman@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I'll read the link. I quickly made your suggestions, eliminating the commas,
etc. Still got the error when choosing the xls file as the data source.

Thanks for the help (and I'll watch the split subject in the future. I got
no
response at first so I tried a second post. Sorry)

In article <C3057BBD.2AB31%onlygeneraltaz1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
CyberTaz <onlygeneraltaz1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think Word may be having trouble recognizing the combination of tabs &
commas in the text file as to what constitutes a "field"... Both are used
as
field delimiters & the combination creates havoc. You could take the time
to
put quotation marks around the content of each field ("Smith, Joe","2 Elm
St.","Boston, MA") but...

I'd suggest setting your data source up in Excel. Further, put each data
item in a separate field (column) so you'd have:

LastName FirstName Address City State (Zip)?

That will give you much more flexibility in sorting, record selection, data
placement/arrangement, etc. Just start in cell A1 with no separation
between
columns & in consecutive rows beginning with the field names.

Follow the model you'll find here:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/word2004/using.aspx?pid=usingword2004&;
type=howto&article=/mac/LIBRARY/how_to_articles/officex/wd_catalog.xml#Excel
X

(assuming the long link doesn't break:-))

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 9/5/07 8:00 PM, in article
spamhwaxman-3A3A3F.20002905092007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Harvey Waxman"
<spamhwaxman@xxxxxxx> wrote:

thanks for offering to help.

My data source looks like this:

name <tab> address <tab> city <cr>
Smith, Joe <tab> 1 Main St. <tab> Boston, MA <cr>

etc. Saved as a text file

1. Open blank document in Word
2. Data Merge Manager > Create > labels choose the appropriate label
from
the list.
3. Document shows the labels as chosen
4. Data Merge Manager > Data Source browse to and select above file
5. This is when Word freezes and I have to force quite. (Spinning
rainbow
wheel)


In article <#sTbpp$7HHA.4880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet> wrote:

Labels should not be a problem if the record source ("data file") is set
up
correctly. What concerns me - and it may simply be a matter of
semantics,
but a very important one - is your use of the terms "open" and
"importing"
relevant to your data file. Technically you should do *neither* - the
label
doc gets linked or connected to the record source, but you don't
actually
open the data file in Word to do the merge.

Please provide specific detail on how you are attempting to do the merge
-
steb-by-step - if these articles don't resolve the issue for you.





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