WD: MacWord Print Merge Ignores Paragraph Format in a Table Cell

 Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
Article ID: Q76099

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 5.1a

SYMPTOMS

When paragraph formatting is applied within a cell of a Microsoft Word for the Macintosh data document, the print merge feature recognizes only the paragraph formatting associated with the last return.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, either remove paragraph formatting from the data document and include it in the main document, or replace all but the final return in the cell with newline characters (SHIFT+RETURN).

MORE INFORMATION

For example, when the main document requires right-aligned text, and the correct alignment is applied to multiple paragraphs of a cell in the data document, only the last paragraph will be aligned correctly. By using newline characters or applying the indents to the main document, you can ensure that the entire field is indented.

Additional query words: left alignment lost table multiple End-Of-Line new
line markers
Keywords : kbmerge kbtable macword kbprint
Version : MACINTOSH:3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0,5.0,5.1,5.1a
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
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