Claudia Drechsle wrote:
Hi Ross
I am creating a mail merge to address envelopes. I create an envelope
document, select a data source, place merge fields on the document, add
Hidden Paragraphs as needed, then run the merge. While the starting
document and the resulting merged document show one envelope "page" per
record, the page number display skips every other page (so when looking
at first page, it shows page 1, but when scrolling to the next visible
envelope "page" it shows page 3). Neither standard nor page layout
views show the blank page. I've checked for non-printing characters but
all I see is paragraph markers.
I never created envelope-pages, but your problem remembers a general
problem with page-formatting.
Is the option "only right" or "only left" activated in the page-format?
Or is it possible that while merging you get 2 pages per record (f.e.
when there are empty paragraphs at the end of the document)?
I replied earlier that I saw the same problem using only default page
style, and I can say that, in my case, I checked that I had left+right
page activated in page format, and nor were there any empty paragraphs
or page breaks etc. that might cause the extra page. My merge document
was a very simple single text-only page.
I see. And found the reason:
In the target-file put the cursor into the first paragraph of any of the
pages and open: format/paragraph/textflow.
You will find that there is not only activated "insert break" but also "with
page style". If you remove this and only leave "insert break" the empty
pages disapear.
But I think its more efficient to use the print-option for there is no way
to change the paragraph-format for all pages in one operation; each page
has to be changed manually, only multiselection would help a little bit,
but you have to chosse all the top-page-paragraphs one by one.
I'll try that when I get to work tomorrow to see if it provides clues.
Thanks.
Ross
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