Mail merge with only one merge field

[Mystery Man]

We are now using mailmerge very successfully for document assembly
with a number of different documents.

However, if we have only ONE field in the data file that is to be
merged, then word is bringing up a dialog with the following text:

Data fields must be separated from each other by a character called a
field delimiter. Similarly, data records must be separated by a record
delimiter. Use the lists below to select the appropriate delimiter

The source data file basically contains:

FieldName<nl>
FieldValue<nl>
<EOF>

The user has to press OK to continue with the merge

If we have two fields, like in the example below then the dialog does
not appear.

FieldName1,FieldName2<nl>
FieldValue1,FieldValue2<nl>
<EOF>

We want the merge to happen without user involvement, so we want this
dialog to not appear.

I can add a dummy field to the output data field, but is there a
better way?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word is simply asking what to do with this data file. If you accept the
defaults from that message box ie no field delimiter and a return as record
delimiter the merge should proceed normally. Alternatively if your data is a
word file, select the column and convert text to table. A single column
table as a data file shouldn't throw up the warning.

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[Stuart]

I've always just added a dummy field to the data file.
It's easy and works.

 

[scw]

Make sure the one record in the data file has a CRLF (new
line character) at the end of it.