Mail Merge loses formatting

[kurtis]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I am using the mail merge to create an information page for patients out of an excel data table in a nice format. Some of the data may take up a varying amount of spaces so that when I complete the merge, it may move a text on the same line as the inserted text, thus messing up the 'look'. Any way to keep the text in place?

 

[CyberTaz]

I'm not clear about what you're asking for. The content being merged has to
go *someplace* so the more variable the amount of content in any given field
the more the amount of space required will vary. If the adjacent content
doesn't move to accommodate it you'd wind up with either gapping or
overprinting. You may need to re-think the layout of your document.

There may be some options available but you'll have to be far more
descriptive of what you're working with & what you're hoping to attain as a
result. How much variation is there in the amount of content in those
fields? Is this a letter, a form... what type of layout?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac