I have created a custom reservation calendar for my brother's business and I'm not getting the results I need.

I'm not sure this thread belongs here but because the file is the result of a merge I thought I would start out here. Please move if needed.

I need to have the output of this merge to be mirrored margins so that the pages can be printed back to back to be place in a notebook. The merge works fine but the pages are all coming out as "odd" pages. From my reading I'm guessing that the issue is in the --Section Break (New Page)--.



Is there a way to set up the merge to have each record be a "next" page (sorry don't know the proper term)?

Alternatively - Can someone tell me what to replace the section break with to achieve the desires results? I've exhausted my knowledge in the replacing dialog box and replace special characters.

I hope that is clear. If not please let me know and I'll try to explain better.

Files attached

Attached Files

	Reservation Book - merge layout.docx (84.0 KB, 7 views)
	Reservation Book merge data.xlsx (10.6 KB, 6 views)
	Merge Result.docx (174.4 KB, 8 views)

Try running your merge as a label or directory merge.

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Paul Edstein
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Paul -

Took a bit to figure out all the different settings but finally got it to work using the directory / catalog merge vs the letter merge.

I used to think I had a pretty good handle on merges. There are obviously some differences in the types of merges that are not readily apparent. Is there additional documentation that you would recommend that will help me understand things better? I'd like to move my knowledge to the "next level"

Thanks for your help! (Again)

From what I saw of your document, I thought all it would take would be a change of the merge type.
You might regret asking that! To see what you can achieve with Word's Directory Mailmerge tools, using any mailmerge data source supported by Word, check out my Microsoft Word Catalogue/Directory Mailmerge Tutorial at:
http://windowssecrets.com/forums/sho...merge-Tutorial
or:
http://www.gmayor.com/Zips/Catalogue%20Mailmerge.zip
The tutorial covers everything from list creation to the insertion & calculation of values in multi-record tables in letters. Do read the tutorial before trying to use the mailmerge document included with it.

For some worked examples, see the attachments to the posts at:
https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...html#post23345
https://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-...html#post30327
http://windowssecrets.com/forums/sho...l=1#post928391

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]