Keep with next/keep lines together not working in mail merge catalog

[Malik Turley]

Hello

I have a Word 2000 mail merge catalog that is not behaving. In this document, the data is arranged in 4 columns. Each entry is built from IF statments pulling company name and the one or more individuals tied to the company. What I need to have happen is for the individuals to be glued to the company name even at the end of a column. I've tried Keep with Next and Keep Lines Together, both together and seperatly and nothing seems to be having any effect

Is there something else I can/should try? I read the posts in the Mail Merge vs Catalog thread and am still stuck.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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I have a Word 2000 mail merge catalog that is not behaving. In this document, the

data is arranged in 4 columns. Each entry is built from IF statments pulling company
name and the one or more individuals tied to the company. What I need to have happen is
for the individuals to be glued to the company name even at the end of a column. I've
tried Keep with Next and Keep Lines Together, both together and seperatly and nothing
seems to be having any effect.

Is there something else I can/should try? I read the posts in the Mail Merge vs

Catalog thread and am still stuck.Paragraph formatting assigned to IF fields is always a bit chancy. Without seeing the
codes you're using, it's a bit difficult, but I'm guessing this is where the problem
lies.

What I'd try is to select all the paragraphs involved in a "record result" and apply the
two attributes you mention. Then have two empty paragraphs that follow and make sure
these are formatted *without* the settings. Test.

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

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