Microsoft KB Archive/110304

= No Blank Line Suppression When Printing Mail Merge Main Doc =

Article ID: 110304

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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This article was previously published under Q110304



SYMPTOMS
If you create a MailMerge Main document, use the View Merge Data option when one of the mergefields is blank, and then print the main document, you get a blank line where the blank mergefield is, even though it looks correct on the screen.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Word versions listed above. This problem was corrected in Word 97 for Windows



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, disable background printing. To do so:
 * 1) From the Tools menu, choose Options.
 * 2) Select the Print tab.
 * 3) Clear the Background Printing option.

Additional query words: 6.0 winword supress lines word6 7.0 word7 ntword word95 wordnt suppression

Keywords: kbprint kbmerge KB110304

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