View Merged Data Button not Working

[AlanMagppie]

I am attempting to perform a mail merge. I have completed both the dat
source and the main document. When I click on the View Merged Dat
button, Word does not display the data that I created in the dat
source. I can navigate using the next record and previous recor
buttons but the data does not appear. I can only see the names of th
merge fields. However, if I merge to a new document or to a printer
the data is merged correctly. It would save a lot of time however if
could preview the merged documents with the View Merged Data button
However this function does not appear to be working. Do you know of an
settings in Word that might prevent the View Merged Data button fro
functioning properly

 

[Peter Jamieson]

When you say "I can only see thenames of the merge fields", if you are
seeing things like { MERGEFIELD myfield }, then press Alt-F9, after which
you should see eithe r<<myfield>> or the preview data.

Peter Jamieson

 

[AlanMagppie]

Thanks for the suggestion Peter. Your solution has worked perfectly.
have found that the following also solves this issue:
Tools > Options > View 'tab' > under 'Show' section remove the tick i
the 'Field Codes' checkbox