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Old 08-01-2014, 08:32 PM
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Hey guys,

Ive been reading up on how to fix this problem but I just cant seem to sort it out myself *derp*
I need to merge a list of multiple people which varies every week into this format. This is the current format Im using, but when I try and merge the datain it just adds the first person on the list over and over, I can never get the other people listed into the mail merge.

What am I doing wrong?



Hope someone can please help me out, would really appreciate some help.

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Old 08-01-2014, 09:00 PM
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After all except the last of your «AmountOwing» fields, you need to insert a «NextRecord» field - from the 'Rules' dropdown. The «NextRecord» field could go in the adjacent cell, for example.
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That didnt work, I did try that.
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It does work. Are you Finishing the merge, or just doing a Preview? A preview won't show the finalised results.
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I am finishing off the merge. Its not even including everyone on that list. Its just listing 1 person.
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Works for me just fine with your data & document - after I fixed all your mis-named mergefields...
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Old 08-02-2014, 04:57 PM
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what the fruit am I doing wrong? Its still got the 1 person showing up on the one page the next page has the next person.


I am at the point where I am prepared to pay you to fix it
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Old 08-02-2014, 05:05 PM
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what is incorrect? And I can see the nextrecord field after the merge too.
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what is incorrect?
Do you mean what, apart from the fact you've done nothing like what I said in post #2:
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After all except the last of your «AmountOwing» fields, you need to insert a «NextRecord» field - from the 'Rules' dropdown.
Not only haven't you done that, but you've also merely copied/typed «NextRecord» before the mergefields for every Name, Phone # and Amount owing.
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Im really sorry Paul. I do appreciate your help immensely im sorry to be annoying or frustrating. Im just not understanding which cell it should be in.
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I did it! I am so sorry for annoying you.

Thank you once again.
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Presumably your mailmerge main document will now look something like the attached.
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