Does the Excel sheet have a heading in the numbered column? Have you connected the document to the Excel data source? See: https://support.office.com/en-us/art...f-932c49474705

FWIW, you can do this without a mailmerge. See: https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-...html#post13070 and the implementation in: https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-...html#post13162

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