Reading view wiped out mail merge?? JimAA 12/10/2008 10:23:03 PM I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in Reading View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I open any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced with "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. I'm using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. Thank you.

Re: Reading view wiped out mail merge?? "Peter Jamieson" <pjj[ at ]KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> 12/10/2008 11:51:05 PM Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: <<myfield>> and are you now seeing them like this { MERGEFIELD myfield } ? If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to an extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, and/or using Tools->Options->View to change the view settings. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "JimAA" <JimAA[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4BFB88EA-F02A-457E-847C-46043BEC3B0F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail > attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in > Reading > View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I > open > any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced > with > "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge > document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. > I'm > using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. > Thank you.

Re: Reading view wiped out mail merge?? JimAA 12/11/2008 2:19:00 PM Thanks for the reply, Alt-F9 allowed me to see the merge data but I still can't see the drawing/picture objects that were also a part of the document (i.e., company logo, borders). Any ideas? "Peter Jamieson" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: > > <<myfield>> > > and are you now seeing them like this > > { MERGEFIELD myfield } > > ? > > If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to an > extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, and/or using > Tools->Options->View to change the view settings. > > -- > Peter Jamieson > http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk > > "JimAA" <JimAA[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:4BFB88EA-F02A-457E-847C-46043BEC3B0F[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail > > attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in > > Reading > > View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I > > open > > any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced > > with > > "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge > > document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. > > I'm > > using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. > > Thank you. > >

Re: Reading view wiped out mail merge?? JimAA 12/11/2008 2:48:01 PM Follow up clarification: I normally work with the documents in Print Layout View. In Print Layout View I cannot see the borders, company logo, embedded Excel objects, etc. In Print Preview and Reading Layout I can see them but can't edit or move those objects. Another oddity - I use headers and footers and the footer remained the same but the header became the entire document (minus the footer). The margins are correct in Page Layout. Any suggestions? "Peter Jamieson" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: > > <<myfield>> > > and are you now seeing them like this > > { MERGEFIELD myfield } > > ? > > If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to an > extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, and/or using > Tools->Options->View to change the view settings. > > -- > Peter Jamieson > http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk > > "JimAA" <JimAA[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:4BFB88EA-F02A-457E-847C-46043BEC3B0F[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail > > attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in > > Reading > > View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I > > open > > any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced > > with > > "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge > > document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are affected. > > I'm > > using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. > > Thank you. > >

Re: Reading view wiped out mail merge?? "Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 12/11/2008 3:08:43 PM Tools > options > view Uncheck 'Picture Placeholders Check 'Drawing Objects' -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> JimAA wrote: [Quoted Text] > Follow up clarification: I normally work with the documents in Print > Layout View. In Print Layout View I cannot see the borders, company > logo, embedded Excel objects, etc. In Print Preview and Reading > Layout I can see them but can't edit or move those objects. Another > oddity - I use headers and footers and the footer remained the same > but the header became the entire document (minus the footer). The > margins are correct in Page Layout. Any suggestions? > > "Peter Jamieson" wrote: > >> Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: >> >> <<myfield>> >> >> and are you now seeing them like this >> >> { MERGEFIELD myfield } >> >> ? >> >> If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to >> an extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, >> and/or using Tools->Options->View to change the view settings. >> >> -- >> Peter Jamieson >> http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk >> >> "JimAA" <JimAA[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:4BFB88EA-F02A-457E-847C-46043BEC3B0F[ at ]microsoft.com... >>> I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an >>> e-mail attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to >>> open it in Reading >>> View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that >>> when I open >>> any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are >>> replaced with >>> "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail >>> merge document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that >>> are affected. I'm >>> using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. >>> Thank you.

Re: Reading view wiped out mail merge?? "Peter Jamieson" <pjj[ at ]KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> 12/11/2008 3:11:15 PM If you haven't gone to Tools->Options->View, go there and see if e.g. Drawings is checked or not and anything else you might need, such as text boundaries. [Quoted Text] > and the footer remained the same but the header became the entire document > (minus the footer) Do you mean that the stuff that was previously confined to the header area has now spread vertically right down to the footer? Or are you talking about a lack of visible boundaries? -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "JimAA" <JimAA[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B052CEFD-A3DE-4B2B-9DA1-795C50426AFD[ at ]microsoft.com... > Follow up clarification: I normally work with the documents in Print > Layout > View. In Print Layout View I cannot see the borders, company logo, > embedded > Excel objects, etc. In Print Preview and Reading Layout I can see them > but > can't edit or move those objects. Another oddity - I use headers and > footers > and the footer remained the same but the header became the entire document > (minus the footer). The margins are correct in Page Layout. Any > suggestions? > > "Peter Jamieson" wrote: > >> Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: >> >> <<myfield>> >> >> and are you now seeing them like this >> >> { MERGEFIELD myfield } >> >> ? >> >> If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to an >> extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, and/or >> using >> Tools->Options->View to change the view settings. >> >> -- >> Peter Jamieson >> http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk >> >> "JimAA" <JimAA[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:4BFB88EA-F02A-457E-847C-46043BEC3B0F[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an e-mail >> > attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to open it in >> > Reading >> > View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that when I >> > open >> > any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are replaced >> > with >> > "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail merge >> > document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that are >> > affected. >> > I'm >> > using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. >> > Thank you. >> >>

Re: Reading view wiped out mail merge?? JimAA 12/11/2008 3:31:02 PM That is how the options were set. However, I did notice that my drawing toolbar (which I normally keep open) was gone. I went to Tools...Customize...Toolbars and checked Drawing, closed my document and when I reopened it everything was back to the way it originally was. Problem solved. Thanks for the suggestions. "Graham Mayor" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Tools > options > view > Uncheck 'Picture Placeholders > Check 'Drawing Objects' > > -- > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP > > My web site www.gmayor.com > Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > > > JimAA wrote: > > Follow up clarification: I normally work with the documents in Print > > Layout View. In Print Layout View I cannot see the borders, company > > logo, embedded Excel objects, etc. In Print Preview and Reading > > Layout I can see them but can't edit or move those objects. Another > > oddity - I use headers and footers and the footer remained the same > > but the header became the entire document (minus the footer). The > > margins are correct in Page Layout. Any suggestions? > > > > "Peter Jamieson" wrote: > > > >> Are you used to seeing "Mailmerge fields" like this: > >> > >> <<myfield>> > >> > >> and are you now seeing them like this > >> > >> { MERGEFIELD myfield } > >> > >> ? > >> > >> If so, this is just a "view" problem which you can fix (at least to > >> an extent) by clciking Alt-F9 in Word to toggle field code view, > >> and/or using Tools->Options->View to change the view settings. > >> > >> -- > >> Peter Jamieson > >> http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk > >> > >> "JimAA" <JimAA[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:4BFB88EA-F02A-457E-847C-46043BEC3B0F[ at ]microsoft.com... > >>> I received an Word document (it had "Word fields" in it) as an > >>> e-mail attachment. When I opened it I was asked if I wanted to > >>> open it in Reading > >>> View. I said yes. After I exited that document I noticed that > >>> when I open > >>> any of my Word mail merge documents, the mail merge fields are > >>> replaced with > >>> "Word fields". Can I correct this without recreating each mail > >>> merge document? I have several hundred mail merge documents that > >>> are affected. I'm > >>> using Word 2003 on Windows Vista. > >>> Thank you. > > >