I can't tell you how to get back the dialogue that asks if you want to
print a form letter (which I agree is confusing terminology), but I
have a process that seems to work for me, even if it may not be the
easiest. This process does not involve the step where your "missing"
dialogue box is needed.
1. File, New, Labels
2. Choose label fomat. Then under Options tab, make sure Synchronize
Contents box is checked. Click New Document.
3. Press F4 to show databases. Select database you want to use.
4. Drag name and address fields to upper left cell as needed.
5. Insert, Fields, Other. Select Database tab. Click Next Record, click
Insert (note that nothing will show up in your document that the Next
Record field has been inserted, you just need to have faith that it has
been), click Close.
6. Click Synchronize Labels.
7. Tools, Mail Merge.
8. Select records that you want printed, or click "All records".
9. Click OK. Click OK again to print.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nat Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:21:27 -0400
Subject: [users] Labels, merge, headaches.
I finally (after reading many related posts here, and going thru
hoops)
printed a sheet of Avery labels correctly mail merged from a jdbc
source.
BUT, feeling lucky, I clicked on the "Do not ask again" checkbox on the
dialog that pops up before printing 'warning'/asking do I really want to
merge the data. (Actually it asks if I want to print a form letter, a
bit
confusing terminology.) My answer was, yes - after I realized that
answering
no to a form letter, my labels wouldn't data-merge.
Anyhow, here is the problem. Now it does not pop up the dialogue but it
also
does NOT merge the data! It just prints the field names. Usually by
clicking
on a 'do not ask again' checkbox, the user indicates that this choice
should
be remembered.
So, the question is, how do I get that dialogue back? Or otherwise tell
it
to merge. (I tried the mail merge wizard, but with my labels, causes
other
problems.)
Thank you all.
-nat
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