Microsoft KB Archive/20900

Print Merge Field Name Restrictions

PSS ID Number: Q20900 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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In Microsoft Word all print merge instructions constitute reserved words. Such words as “data,” “set,” “ask,” and “if” cannot be used as field names because they are all reserved words. Even if a field name begins with a reserved word, such as “datatype,” Word will not interpret it as a proper field reference during a print merge.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: wdmerge ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.