Recent content by jfhewitt

If using the wizard, before step 3 (arrange your envelope) click curser in area of recipient address until a block shows, then continue. Ideally, the block should appear in the course of setting up, but it doesn't.

Sorry...misunderstood your question. Your problem seems to be not mail merge, but email thru Outlook Express.

I find it much easier to use an Excel list as a data source for Word mail merge.

You realize this is not a Microsoft site...but an ad to sell you "access" to software.

Have you tried reinstaling MS Word? I think you can also repair Word as well as reinstall.

You may find a VLOOKUP table easier to modify periodically.

Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't your end result depend on where you place the merge fields in the Word document? Simply place your fields in columns instead of rows, or vice versa.

There are numerous ways to insert data as a variable into a document. The easiest is mail merge. The key is to remember your data must be in a defined field. If your data is all matter that would be in an address book, you can create a simple database in Word to handle the problem. Check out...

Open Word, click on help Icon (little yellow question mark), type "hot keys" and follow instructions.

If what you want to do is simply add the weeks dates to a series of menus for a particular week. For example, every Sunday you want to print the weeks menus from Sunday thru Saturday, automatically. Say you have 7 Word docs, each containing menus for each day of the week. Create an Excel...

Check out "Data/Validation". List may be contained on another worksheet in the workbook.

AlreadyLost, the important thing is you don't need code. You can use a check box or option (radio) boxes, either Forms or Control Toolbox. If you want the user to indicate yes or no, a single check box will do it. If checked, the value in the linked cell is true, if unchecked, false. You...

Turning a "range" into rows sounds very tricky. You might download a great free program that will help you do just about anything in Excel. http://www.asap-utilities.com/

Agreed! Amazing how many people insist on using code where a simple statement or function will do the trick. Is it some kind of elitism?

I'm not kicking a dead horse, but why a group box if the single check box does it? No code, unless an IF statement is too simple.