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Bob Chisholm
Using Word 97 in Windows ME to employ postal bar codes, I get to the
"Setup" step in the Mail Merger Helper window and choose the Avery 5160
label format, and in the Create Labels window insert the desired merge
fields from my associated Excel spreadsheet. When I attempt to insert a
Postal Bar Code, a subsidiary "Insert Postal Bar Code window appears
asking for the "Merge field with ZIP code". I supposed that this meant
the merge field in the worksheet that contained the Zip code. After
providing this field name, the "Sample label:" showed "Delivery point
barcode will print here!" positioned at the top of the sample. I was
unable to move it elsewhere. When I clicked the final OK in the Create
Labels window, the main document displayed in the main Word window with
the phrase "Zip code not valid!" at the top of every label. When I
clicked on "Merge" (to a New Document), the finished merged document was
displayed with the same error phrase displayed.
What have I not done, or done wrong? My Zip Code column in the
spreadsheet is in the zip+4 format, although it contains some Canadian
Post Codes.
"Setup" step in the Mail Merger Helper window and choose the Avery 5160
label format, and in the Create Labels window insert the desired merge
fields from my associated Excel spreadsheet. When I attempt to insert a
Postal Bar Code, a subsidiary "Insert Postal Bar Code window appears
asking for the "Merge field with ZIP code". I supposed that this meant
the merge field in the worksheet that contained the Zip code. After
providing this field name, the "Sample label:" showed "Delivery point
barcode will print here!" positioned at the top of the sample. I was
unable to move it elsewhere. When I clicked the final OK in the Create
Labels window, the main document displayed in the main Word window with
the phrase "Zip code not valid!" at the top of every label. When I
clicked on "Merge" (to a New Document), the finished merged document was
displayed with the same error phrase displayed.
What have I not done, or done wrong? My Zip Code column in the
spreadsheet is in the zip+4 format, although it contains some Canadian
Post Codes.