Re: Mailmerge pause to enter in form entries

Thank you for your help!

I have looked at both the Ask and the Fill-in fields but cannot get either
one to work properly. After I merge my document I have to select Edit
individual letters in order for the box to pop-up and ask me to enter my
fill-in field or ask field. Then it doesn't show me the document in the
background so I don't know what to enter into the fill-in or ask fields.
Once I have answered all of the fill-in or ask fields then it shows me the
completed document. Unfortunately, I need to see if the letter is going to a
male or a female so I can enter in the correct terminology.

Is their any way in Word during the merge process that it will follow my
merge codes in order, for instance it will ask me to fill-in elder or
hermana, then it will fill in the first name and last name from the data
source, then it will ask me to fill-in either Quiredo or Quierda, then it
will fill-in the last name from the data source. That way I know exactly
what to add to the letter.

Thanks again for your help!

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

> Check out the Ask and the Fill-in fields to see which one better suits your
> purpose.
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
> "Kara" <Kara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7DF93484-7135-4019-BD98-928021F87BE8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > WordPerfect has a merge programming command called keyboard that will
> > prompt
> > for information during the merge process. So, as it is entering
> > information
> > from the data source it will pause and ask for the keyboard information,
> > fill
> > in the data source information, pause at the next keyboard request and
> > prompt
> > to type in information and continue through this process until the merge
> > document is complete.
> >
> > Does Word 2003 have a command that can accomplish this same task? I can
> > enter form text fields but it will not prompt me to enter inforamtion
> > during
> > the merge process.
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
>
>
>
.

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