Re: won't print address on envelopes

I just did another test: if I add an extra line at the bottom or in the middle of the address consisting of only one English letter, then all the other four or five lines of all Hebrew text print okay. However, if the extra English line is just a period or a dash, then nothing prints. It has to be a letter! Does that make sense to you?
"Dr. Dave" <geulaco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O3SO7ZvCJHA.5316@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Excuse me again for being "computer illiterate" but when I send you the test data, do you want it to be how I enter it in the directory or how it prints in the address block? And what do you mean by the way I usually create it? I enter each field in the directory as it's labeled on top of each column. Since that's probably not what you mean, what do you mean?
the Hebrew addresses are four lines, all in Hebrew, the numbers are entered in Hebrew, without changing to English. My return address is two lines of English and two lines of Hebrew (although my return address is not entered in the directory, so that might not have anything to do with the problem.)
I just made a test with two lines in Hebrew and 2 lines in English for one of the addresses and another address with all lines in Hebrew. Only the mixed address printed (and correctly) but the all Hebrew address didn't print at all!
Thanks for pursuing this matter with me.
"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:euDI4F6BJHA.3512@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I used the Mail merge Wizard and clicked on Create A New List.

OK, that's what I needed to know. If you had used the other method there was a possibility that the method that Word uses to get the data might have got in the way.

It would be pretty helpful if you could send me some test data (i.e. not real data) created the way you usually create it (because the chances that I'll enter the data the same way you do are slim). You can remove "KillMaps" from my e-mail and e-mail me some if you like.

It might help to know whether your addresses are all either Hebrew characters or Latin characters, or whether some are mixed. If mixed, is Hebrew/Latin mixed within single lines or is each line a single type of text? (Actually, it isn't so much the characters as whether you are having to alter the direction of typing or not, e.g. to enter digits. If you have various mixes is there any pattern as to what prints and what does not?
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"Dr. Dave" <geulaco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OKWuVOuBJHA.3512@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for responding. I didn't see your reply until just now. I finished the mail merge last week, so all the particulars aren't clear in my mind right now but if I moved the Address box section on the envelope (either to the right or to the left, I don't remember) only the first few letters of each line of the Hebrew address printed! I wound up having to enter the addresses manually and print each envelope separately. The addresses did appear in the preview of the merge, the also printed in the letters themselves. Besides being somewhat old and not having such a good memory, I am close to being computer-illiterate, so I don't really understand what you mean when you say, "using an Outlook contacts list as the data source (selected from Word, not starting with the Outlook Tools|Mail Merge function) with data input in Outlook using the Hebrew keyboard layout." I used the Mail merge Wizard and clicked on Create A New List.

"Peter Jamieson" <pjj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OvMDim8AJHA.6016@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Are you getting any Hebrew text through in any of your merges?

If not, what is your data source?

Do you see the Hebrew text in the Address when you
a. preview the merge
b. and/or use print preview
c. and/or output the envelopes to a new document?

(FWIW it works OK here using Word 2007 SP1, Vista SP1, both set up for UK English, the default mailmerge envelope layout (which uses the Cambria font for both address boxes here, and using an Outlook contacts list as the data source (selected from Word, not starting with the Outlook Tools|Mail Merge function) with data input in Outlook using the Hebrew keyboard layout. Printing to an HP inkjet (but not the same model as yours))



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"Dr. Dave" <geulaco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BE930421-7B96-4692-9F65-E7B68DCFA2C5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
There's both Hebrew and English in the return address and they both print okay there! I may have to address them by hand!
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:exDnzhS$IHA.1152@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is the Hebrew font used in the letter as well and if so, does it print OK?

I have to admit though, it is not something that I have ever had anything to do with.

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"Dr. Dave" <geulaco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B1104708-2CB7-4D68-AE9D-4CCA00FA4560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for responding! My printer is HP DeskJet 3920 but it has a color cartridge installed. I'm in Israel and some of the addresses are in English and some are in Hebrew. I just realized that only the Hebrew addresses don't print, the English ones print fine. What to do?
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ow1pd1R$IHA.6132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Are you using an InkJet Printer that does not have the colour cartridge installed? Some InkJet Printers create black for the envelope address by mixing the coloured inks rather than by using the black ink cartridge.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
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"Dr. Dave" <geulaco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:15851323-9C10-4B2E-BE2A-658A237DB4BA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Using Vista and word 2007, I'm doing a mail merge. The letters printed okay but now, the next day when I'm trying to print the envelopes, only the return address prints but the address for the letter doesn't print. What should I do?











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