Microsoft KB Archive/290823

= WD2001: &quot;Don't Print Blank Lines&quot; Option Not Available When You Perform a Data Merge in Word 2001 =

Article ID: 290823

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q290823



SYMPTOMS
When you merge your data in a data merge, the following options are not available in the Data Merge Manager:
 * Don't print blank lines when data fields are empty
 * Print blank lines when data fields are empty



WORKAROUND
When merging data, Word 2001 for Mac does not print blank lines when the field is empty. A workaround is available for selecting the option to print blank lines when data fields are empty. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) In a Word data-merge main document that is ready to be merged, select Macro on the Tools menu, and then click Macros.
 * 2) In the Macros in list, select Word Commands.
 * 3) In the Macro name box, type MailMergeHelper, and then click Run.

NOTE: This does not select an item from the macro list.
 * 1) The Mail Merge Helper dialog box from Office 98 appears. Click the Merge button.
 * 2) In the Merge dialog box, select Print blank lines when data fields are empty.

For additional information about how to create a basic data merge in Word 2001, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

275013 How to Perform a Simple Data Merge

Additional query words: mac macword WD2001KB DMM merge WD2001 skip except if then else conditional statement data mailmerge mail

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