Merge Problem (Word 2002)

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You should have X
where the X is just a space.
What do you have between the two merge fields?

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I am creating an envelope for a mass mailing using the merge function for the recipient’s addresses. I have a field for the first and last names of the recipients, but when I merge the names into the envelope, there is often a large gap between the first name and the last name of the recipient if the first name of the recipient is smaller than the number of characters I allocated for first name field. Is there someway I can alleviate this problem other than adjusting the size of the first name field for each recipient? I know one way would be to put both the first and last name in the first name field, but then I wouldn’t be able to sort on the last names.

Thanking you in advance.

Rob Yates

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Thread locked by Phil Rabichow because it is a duplicate of post 408288. Please post any additional replies there.

I am creating an envelope for a mass mailing using the merge function for the recipient’s addresses. I have a field for the first and last names of the recipients, but when I merge the names into the envelope, there is often a large gap between the first name and the last name of the recipient if the first name of the recipient is smaller than the number of characters I allocated for first name field. Is there someway I can alleviate this problem other than adjusting the size of the first name field for each recipient? I know one way would be to put both the first and last name in the first name field, but then I wouldn’t be able to sort on the last names.

Thanking you in advance.

Rob Yates

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