Microsoft KB Archive/97010

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How to Print Merge Records that Start with a Certain Letter

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Q97010

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a

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SUMMARY
When you perform a print merge operation, you cannot use wild card characters as record selection comparison criteria. You can, however, achieve similar results by selecting records that contain fields that start with a particular letter or group of letters. For example, to mail letters only to those clients whose last names start with the letter &quot;S&quot;, set up the following two rules in Record Selection:

LastName is greater than or equal to S

LastName is less than T To find those records in which the last name starts with Z, use only one rule:

"LastName is greater than or equal to Z"