Help - Name highlighted in Grey

[M]

Can anyone help I am trying to mail merge my Christmas letters, first name
etc is highlighted, and when merged and printed they come out in a grey box.
I have tried clicking 'Highlight merged fields' to 'unhighlight' in the
tool bar all to no avail. I am using Windows XP.

Can anyone save my sanity and help

Thank you.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Try Tools>Options>View and change Field Shading to Never.

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[M]

Fantastic, thank you.

Try Tools>Options>View and change Field Shading to Never.

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Hope this helps.

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I would have to add that if that fixed your problem, it is almost certain
that you have not actually executed the merge, but are just printing a
preview of the results. If you execute the merge, there will be no fields
for which the shading could have been displayed.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP