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[Merging records]

I'm trying to merge data into a main document with adjacent tables. The merge
is putting one record on each page instead of in each table. I changed the
document type to catalog and the first field will go into each table, but the
other fields disappear. Is there a way to do this?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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I'm trying to merge data into a main document with adjacent tables. The merge
is putting one record on each page instead of in each table. I changed the
document type to catalog and the first field will go into each table, but the
other fields disappear. Is there a way to do this?

Everything sounds correct, up to the point where the fields disappear...

Which version of Word are we dealing with? What's the data source?

How are you setting things up to get "adjacent tables"? Do you mean adjacent
horizontally or vertically?

How are you going about putting the fields into the table cells?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Merging records]

Hi Cindy,

To answer your questions, Word 2000, adjacent tables are vertical, the data
source is excel, I used "next record" and then the field name I wanted in the
cells. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

April

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi April,

To answer your questions, Word 2000, adjacent tables are vertical, the data
source is excel, I used "next record" and then the field name I wanted in the
cells. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

OK, I'm at least picturing the basic layout, but not quite how you're getting there,
nor how the final result should look.

How are you getting the tables to layout one next to the other? I can think at least
few possibilities, but I need to know which you're using.

And could you give us an example of where you (want to) put the merge fields,
please? For example

TABLE1 TABLE2
Lastname | FirstName | NextRecord LastName|FirstName|

Or are you trying to do something different?


Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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