In mail merge, when dragging placeholder(s) into document, the placeholder does not go to the place in the document that I want it to go. I think I am not understanding how the function operates.

What do you mean by 'placeholder'? A mergefield typically looks like «MyField» and can be dragged to wherever you want it to go, but you need to select the entire field before dragging it.

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Thanks for responding macropod.

The version I am using calls it a placeholder but I think mergefield is what I am trying to place in my document. When I attempt to drag a mergefield into the document it will only go where the document's margins are set. I can only get the field to the location I want by adjusting the margins. If I try to place additional mergefields in a different locations they will only go where the margins I have previously set are.

I am having difficulty following what you mean, since the only content limited to 'marginal' areas is whatever is in the page header or footer. Can you attach a document to a post with some representative data and fields/placeholders (delete anything sensitive)? You do this via the paperclip symbol on the 'Go Advanced' tab at the bottom of this screen.

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