Merge loses records when printing

[dhcrone]

I am printing a directory by merging data from Excel into a Word document.
After the merge is complete, the record that is right at the page break is
lost. I can't tell if it's dropping at the bottom of the page, or the top of
the next page, or why.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

How do you have the mailmerge main document set up? Is it a Directory type
main document which is what used to be called a Catalog main document in
versions of Word before XP?

With a Directory or Catalog type mail merge main document, there should be
no <<Next Record>> fields anywhere in the document.

If you have your catalog set up as a FormLetter or Label type mailmerge main
document, you do not need a <<Next Record>> field before the first
Mergefield in the document, and where they are required, they should always
be located before the mergefields, not after. If you have a FormLetter or
Label type mailmerge maindocument set up and you have the <<Next Record>>
field after the last mergefields on the page, a record will be skipped on
every page break, because a next record command is automatically applied at
the pagebreak.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP