Re: Mail Merge on a Postcard

From: Mary Sauer (gsauer_at_mycolumbus.rr.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:23:22 -0400

Merges work with one card, label, envelope or special size on the screen. Once you
get the hang of it, it is simple enough. Publisher 2003 has a catalog merge which is
a big step forward. At last you can actually print an attractive address directory. 

-- 
Mary Sauer MS MVP
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"Dori" <Dori@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:7155A963-7C9F-4899-A54A-42369FE07CF9@microsoft.com...
> It works...hmmm... So the only way to have more then one merged data spot on
> a page is to do it in a template? So that Publisher realizes there is more
> then one? I had tried to make gift certificates at one time, with 3 per page
> and could not get it to work. If I would have created a template with the
> determined size, it probably would have worked?
>
> Thank you! I feel pretty stupid after that. But you learn something new
> every day!
>
> Dori
>
> "Mary Sauer" wrote:
>
>> The print preview will show the same address block on each card. Have you printed 
>> a
>> sample? The print dialogue has that option.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Mary Sauer MS MVP
>> http://office.microsoft.com/
>> http://www.msauer.mvps.org/
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>> "Dori" <Dori@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C24928B9-AE0D-4CA2-8C40-D4018E33CF9B@microsoft.com...
>> >I have desgined a postcard in Publisher and am not trying to do a mail merge.
>> > I have a database that I have merged. I would like to have a different
>> > address block on each of the 4 postcards that are on one page. Am I wasting
>> > my time or is there a way to do this? I figured seeing as I used the postcard
>> > page layout that it would automatically recognize the 4 different postcards
>> > and when I merged the address block that it would have placed 1, 2, 3, and 4
>> > on the page. When I go into print preview it shows address 1 on all 4
>> > postcards.
>> >
>> > Any help ASAP would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>>
>>

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