Add field to Mail merge

[Aurora]

I am using Word 2003
I have an old mail merge type document that I have been using for years.
It is a merge form to fill in a form. Now I have to enter a new field to
the merge.
How do I do this? I tried going into the merge data and inserting a field
but this did not seem to work. (put curser where I wanted the new field,
went to Insert > field > but I could not find the list of fields that I am
using with this merge document). Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Aurora

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You need to insert the field and the data for that field into the data
source before you open the mail merge main document.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Aurora]

That is what I tried to do. I opened my data source file and put my cursor
next to the field that I wanted to add the new field. I went into Insert >
field > and a list of various types of mail merge fields came up. But none
of them were the fields that I had created for this merge. I do not know
what I am doing wrong?

Aurora

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Assuming that your data source is a table in a Word document, insert a
column where you want the field and enter a field name in the first cell in
that column and the required data in the cells in that column.

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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

 

[Aurora]

THANK YOU - THANK YOU! That worked. I was missing the part about inserting
a column first and just typing in what I wanted. You have been a big help.
Aurora