keep together in catalog merge

[Bob L.]

I want to create personalized "forms" that are large
enough such that when merged to a catalog document I
expect them to be 4 on a page. Each "form" contains a
merge field for first/last name and a graphic. When I
run the catalog merge,however, the last "form" splits
over to the next page, i.e.half of form 5 is on the first
page and half on the next. I have tried setting keep
paragraphs and keep lines together in the main document
before dong the merge, but that doesn't work. Is there a
field code or some other way to prevent this?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Bob,

I want to create personalized "forms" that are large
enough such that when merged to a catalog document I
expect them to be 4 on a page. Each "form" contains a
merge field for first/last name and a graphic. When I
run the catalog merge,however, the last "form" splits
over to the next page, i.e.half of form 5 is on the first
page and half on the next. I have tried setting keep
paragraphs and keep lines together in the main document
before dong the merge, but that doesn't work.

this has always worked for me... But you do have to watch
out that you have one paragraph at the END of each "block"
where these settings are turned off. Otherwise Word can't
find a "correct" place to break and simply ignores the
settings.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[Bob L.]

Cindy,
Thanks so much as that was it.....I had all the paragraphs selected as
keep next.

Bob L.