How to create subheadings for repeating field in mail merge direct

[Cafe Sport]

I'm sure an older version of word used to allow a subheading to be created
for repeating fields when producing a merged list in mail merge (for instance
summarising data by State). Can anyone direct me to how this is easily done
without resorting to Access?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Q2FmZSBTcG9ydA==?=,

I'm sure an older version of word used to allow a subheading to be created
for repeating fields when producing a merged list in mail merge (for instance
summarising data by State). Can anyone direct me to how this is easily done
without resorting to Access?

Actually, no, mail merge has never had any tools for dealing with "one-to-many",
at least not directly.

There are a couple of alternate approaches, one of which you may be recalling
vaguely. See if this article describes what you're thinking of:

HOW TO: Use Mail Merge to Create a List Sorted by Category in Word 2000
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211303

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Cafe Sport]

Hi Cindy, thanks that has helped me out.

Cafe

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Q2FmZSBTcG9ydA==?=,

Actually, no, mail merge has never had any tools for dealing with "one-to-many",
at least not directly.

There are a couple of alternate approaches, one of which you may be recalling
vaguely. See if this article describes what you're thinking of:

HOW TO: Use Mail Merge to Create a List Sorted by Category in Word 2000
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211303

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)


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