field merged but changes font during merge

[Peg]

I'm doing a mail merge in Word. The main document is
Times New Roman 12. When I merge a field from another
source (I tried Excel and Word) the font converts to
Arial 12 when merged. Both cases I have all the fonts as
Times NR 12 in the main document and also the document or
spreadsheet with the data to merge. I think the change
to the font happens somewhere in the import/merge utility
in Word because I can apply the Times NR 12 to the merged
field after merging. While viewing the data in the field
it will change to Times NR but I toggle (in the mail
merge toolbar) and view the fieldname and then toggle
back to view data it changes back to Arial. Why? And
how can I keep it from changing.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Peg,

Press Alt+F9 to toggle on the field codes and add a \* CHARFORMAT switch
inside the closing } of the field and then format Mergefield with TImes New
Roman 12. Press Alt+F9 to toggle off the field codes again.

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benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Guest]

This worked for me and does correct the problem after it
has happened. Why does it happen, is this a known glitch
in Word?