WD97: Fields in Header/Footer Not Merged in E-Mail Attachment

ID: Q197745

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you perform a mail merge and send the result as an attachment in an e-mail message, the merge fields contained in the header and footer of the document are not merged. The merge fields contained in the body of the document are merged correctly.

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When you merge a Word document with a header or footer to Electronics Fax or Electronics Mail as a document the header and footer are placed at the bottom of the document.


WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the following steps to merge the document to e-mail without the "Send as Attachment" option:

  1. Open your mail merge main document.


  2. On the Tools menu, click Mail Merge.


  3. From the Mail Merge Helper, click Merge.


  4. In the Merge dialog box, change the Merge To box to Electronic Mail.


  5. Click Setup, click to clear the "Send Document as an Attachment" check box, and then click OK.


  6. Click Merge to perform your mail merge.


NOTE: The merge fields will be merged correctly in both the body and the header and footer area of the e-mail message; however, the text in the e- mail message may not be formatted the way you want it to be formatted.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: printmerge mailmerge

Keywords : kbmerge
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: August 25, 1999
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