Mail Merge 2007

[Pookie]

I have been using OUtlook and Word 2007 to create mail merge letters and
labels for about three weeks. I have created my database of address in
Outlook and successfully merged twice for address labels, however, with my
third attempt I am close to going mad. The issue is in the creation of
labels.
I am using an Avery paper with 16 labels per page and trying to merge 20
contacts. I follow the steps in the wizard, but each time I finish the merge
I end up with 20 PAGES of contacts, with each contact using only the first
label on a page, then the remaining 15 labels following on from this.
The error appears once I have chosen the merge database and "update labels",
this leaves the first label blank, but puts a <<next contact>> in the
subsequent labels.
I cannot get a result which leaves me with 20 address on 20 sequential
labels. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Hard to tell what you're doing wrong when we don't know what you're doing.
Read the instructions and post in the Word group for mail merges if you
still can't figure it out:
http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm