Microsoft KB Archive/29274

Print Merge Fields Containing Library-Linked Values

PSS ID Number: Q29274 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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Microsoft Word cannot use Library Link to link values from a spreadsheet to a data document field for use in a Print Merge.

After carrying out the Library Link command, Word inserts an additional field in the record because the special codes inserted into the file for the link contain a comma. This process occurs even though the special codes are formatted as hidden text.

In Word versions 5.5, 6.0, you link values from a spreadsheet using the Insert File command (ALT, I, F) and specifing Link (ALT+L).

In Word version 6.0 the error message:

Word cannot insert this text into an existing table

will occur when trying to insert a range of cells into a data field.

If you place quotation marks around the code, the actual contents of the field are printed out during the merge and the link is not executed.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: wdmerge

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