The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMSWhen you print an envelope from Microsoft Word 6.0, field names or the information from the first data record, rather than individual record information, is printed. CAUSE
In a mail merge document, if field codes are showing when you click
Envelopes And Labels on the Tools menu, Word places the text that appears
in the fields, rather than the fields themselves, on the envelope.
Word shows the following in the Delivery Address when you click Envelopes
And Labels:
If the main document in is in View Data mode (specific record
information is showing in chevrons) when you create the envelope, Word
places the individual record information on all of the envelopes.
If you click Add To Document, Word places the text on the envelope page. If you click Print, the text is printed on an envelope. RESOLUTIONTurn off field codes and the "merged information" view before clicking Envelopes And Labels, so that the field names appear in chevrons, like this:
To do this, use either of the following methods:
Method 1Press ALT+F9.Method 2On the Tools menu, click Options. Select the View tab. Click to clear the Field Codes check box.STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed above. This problem was corrected in Word version 7.0 for Windows 95. Additional query words:
Keywords : kbprint wordnt kbfield kbmerge ntword macword word6 |
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