Re: Help with mail merging using a Text File

From: Cindy M -WordMVP- (C.Meister-C_at_hispeed.ch)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:38:41 +0200

Hi Steven,

> > There's a somewhat obscure Knowledge Base article on this problem. What it
>
> could you please forward a link for this KB article?
>
I don't have it at hand, but you should be able to turn it up by searching the
Knowledge Base at microsoft.com or through Google. Try something like

    Wd97 AND "mail merge" AND delimiter

> > What should work is to duplicate the field names in the header source file
> > (just copy/paste).
> I have tried this and I am afraid it doesnt work...
>
Then I'm afraid you're going to be in very big trouble...

There's another Knowledge Base article, written for automating Office from VB,
that describes how to (with luck) close messages that are waiting for user
input. I'd try searching for that with something like

    VB AND Off2000 AND dismiss AND message

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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