Mail Merge Field Names

[mamaw]

I have documents created though a mail merge that are saved on an intra-net. When I open the documents everything looks fine. When I print the documents everything looks fine. My issue is when someone else opens or prints the documents, the last mail merge field does not show the data but rather the mail merge field name. We have checked the tools/options/print/print code and the print code box is not checked.
I don't know where to look next.

 

[afrafia]

Hi,
I'm sorry that this is not relevant to your question, but, you seem to know what a mail merge field name is, I have created a menu through mail merge on microsoft word and I need to produce evidence of the mail merge field names I used on the menu. So, could you please explain to me what a mail merge field name is please ?

Thanks

 

[mamaw]

Hi,

I'm not sure that I understand your question. The fields that are in my mail merge were created in an excel worksheet. Using the mail merge wizard, I imported that data that I wanted from the excel worksheet.

Hope this helps.

 

[afrafia]

Sorry I didn't make my question clear, It is: What is a mail merge field name?

thanks

 

[mamaw]

Mail merge field names are the titles above the columns in the excel worksheet that are being merged into the word document. EX: City, State, Zip, etc.

 

[Brianwarnock]

I have documents created though a mail merge that are saved on an intra-net. When I open the documents everything looks fine. When I print the documents everything looks fine. My issue is when someone else opens or prints the documents, the last mail merge field does not show the data but rather the mail merge field name. We have checked the tools/options/print/print code and the print code box is not checked.
I don't know where to look next.

Is it this , from help

Merging the data into the main document
Merge fields are printed instead of my data.

Turn off the display of field codes before printing. On the Tools menu, click Options, click the Print tab, and then clear the Field codes check box.

 

[Brianwarnock]

Mail merge field names are the titles above the columns in the excel worksheet that are being merged into the word document. EX: City, State, Zip, etc.

I suppose they are in effect the place holders for the final data.