Microsoft KB Archive/27474

Word: ASK Statement Not Printing Out When Doing Print Merge

PSS ID Number: Q27474 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

Using an ASK statement when doing a Print Merge in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh will prompt you to input the data, but the data may not appear on the form letter.

The ASK statement allows you to tell Word what data should be entered for the specified field, but it does not enter the data into the form letter.

To have the data appear where the ASK statement is located in the Word document, use one of the following statements where the data is supposed to be entered:

  Format 1: <>< > -or-   Format 2: <>< > 

= MORE INFORMATION =

In Word version 5.0 and later, Print Merge Helper can be used to insert the ASK statement as well as the specifymessage in Format 2 listed above.

Use OPTION+ (BACKSLASH) and OPTION+SHIFT+ (BACKSLASH) to create the < > characters, respectively, when using the ASK statement.

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