Hi Paul, thanks for stepping up with assistance.
This issue, as well as the one posted here
https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...tml#post128578
appears to be unique to my home computer. These problems, as well as other odd mail merge deficiencies I am unable to replicate on my office computer. Everything works perfect on my work computer.
This is another merge field (click thumbnail below) that refuses to populate properly on my home computer but works flawlessly on my work computer.