Find - Replace, using with mailmerge

[Lee]

is impossible to use find/replace to enter merge fields? for example, I want
to replace all instances of the word "Tom" with the field "first name"

Thanks

 

[macropod]

Hi lee,

Not possible using Find/Replace.

Also, when you're doing this, the field coding you'll need to use consists of pressing Ctrl-F9 to create a pair of field braces
'{ }' and filling in the space between these with MERGEFIELD "first name", so that you get '{MERGEFIELD "first name"}' - assuming,
of course, that the data source name you're using is in fact named 'first name'.

Cheers

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Insert the mm field "first name", and copy it to the clipboard. The
clipboard's contents can now be referenced in the Replace with: field using
^c. Hence,

Find what:Tom
Replace with:^c

will replace Tom with the merge field that's stored in the clipboard.

 

[macropod]

Neat!

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It's been a lifesaver on more than one occasion.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

Neat!
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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Insert the mm field "first name", and copy it to the clipboard. The
clipboard's contents can now be referenced in the Replace with: field
using ^c. Hence,

Find what:Tom
Replace with:^c

will replace Tom with the merge field that's stored in the clipboard.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com