Job Title from Contacts doesn't appear in merged document, no idea

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I have created a mail merge document using Word and Outlook contacts, and
added in the Job Title address field, but when I complete the merge all the
fields are there EXCEPT the Job Title field where there is a blank line.

I've tried this several ways (editing address block, adding all fields from
scratch, using Publisher instead...) and the Job Title still doesn't appear.

There is nothing on the website that I can find that gives me any clue as to
why this might be happening.
 
Nor have you provided any clue. You must provide the precise steps you used
if you expect anyone to be able to help.
As a general rule, if you want to be sure you include an Outlook filed in
the merge, start the merge from Outlook.
 
The mail merge function was started following the Wizard in both Word and
Publisher, following the Wizard steps and Mail Merge 101 on your website,
using Outlook Contacts as the source file for the merge.

The address block is presented as an editing option,or you can insert the
fields yourself. I tried both and the "Job title" field was added, however
upon merge no data was inserted in the field. {MERGEFIELD"JobTitle"\m}

Secondly, the instructions on your website for mail merge do not suggest
starting it from within Outlook, they say to do it within Word or Publisher,
which is exactly what I did. I did Publisher as a second option thinking it
might be a Word bug.

By the way, there is no reason to start your responses with a condescending
remark, since I was trying hard to search your website and find a fix, you
could have just asked me for more detail on which of your instructions I was
following.

It is extremely frustrating to surf all sorts of irrelevant information and
go in circles before finally finding somewhere where you can actually ask a
question. You could give people a little credit for not being a bunch of
totally computer illiterate bunch of fools.

I would certainly never speak to my customers that way.


--
A. Wyganowski


Russ Valentine said:
Nor have you provided any clue. You must provide the precise steps you used
if you expect anyone to be able to help.
As a general rule, if you want to be sure you include an Outlook filed in
the merge, start the merge from Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
A. Wyganowski said:
I have created a mail merge document using Word and Outlook contacts, and
added in the Job Title address field, but when I complete the merge all
the
fields are there EXCEPT the Job Title field where there is a blank line.

I've tried this several ways (editing address block, adding all fields
from
scratch, using Publisher instead...) and the Job Title still doesn't
appear.

There is nothing on the website that I can find that gives me any clue as
to
why this might be happening.
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You misunderstand peer to peer newsgroups.
It is not my website, nor are you my customer.
It is "extremely frustrating" to have questions posed that contain no
relevant information that would permit an answer.
Do not confuse us with mind readers.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
A. Wyganowski said:
The mail merge function was started following the Wizard in both Word and
Publisher, following the Wizard steps and Mail Merge 101 on your website,
using Outlook Contacts as the source file for the merge.

The address block is presented as an editing option,or you can insert the
fields yourself. I tried both and the "Job title" field was added, however
upon merge no data was inserted in the field. {MERGEFIELD"JobTitle"\m}

Secondly, the instructions on your website for mail merge do not suggest
starting it from within Outlook, they say to do it within Word or
Publisher,
which is exactly what I did. I did Publisher as a second option thinking
it
might be a Word bug.

By the way, there is no reason to start your responses with a
condescending
remark, since I was trying hard to search your website and find a fix, you
could have just asked me for more detail on which of your instructions I
was
following.

It is extremely frustrating to surf all sorts of irrelevant information
and
go in circles before finally finding somewhere where you can actually ask
a
question. You could give people a little credit for not being a bunch of
totally computer illiterate bunch of fools.

I would certainly never speak to my customers that way.


--
A. Wyganowski


Russ Valentine said:
Nor have you provided any clue. You must provide the precise steps you
used
if you expect anyone to be able to help.
As a general rule, if you want to be sure you include an Outlook filed in
the merge, start the merge from Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
A. Wyganowski said:
I have created a mail merge document using Word and Outlook contacts,
and
added in the Job Title address field, but when I complete the merge all
the
fields are there EXCEPT the Job Title field where there is a blank
line.

I've tried this several ways (editing address block, adding all fields
from
scratch, using Publisher instead...) and the Job Title still doesn't
appear.

There is nothing on the website that I can find that gives me any clue
as
to
why this might be happening.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Then I would try searching groups.google.com first to avoid appearing like
the ingrate you are.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.


After furious head scratching, A. Wyganowski asked:

| The mail merge function was started following the Wizard in both Word
| and Publisher, following the Wizard steps and Mail Merge 101 on your
| website, using Outlook Contacts as the source file for the merge.
|
| The address block is presented as an editing option,or you can insert
| the fields yourself. I tried both and the "Job title" field was
| added, however upon merge no data was inserted in the field.
| {MERGEFIELD"JobTitle"\m}
|
| Secondly, the instructions on your website for mail merge do not
| suggest starting it from within Outlook, they say to do it within
| Word or Publisher, which is exactly what I did. I did Publisher as a
| second option thinking it might be a Word bug.
|
| By the way, there is no reason to start your responses with a
| condescending remark, since I was trying hard to search your website
| and find a fix, you could have just asked me for more detail on which
| of your instructions I was following.
|
| It is extremely frustrating to surf all sorts of irrelevant
| information and go in circles before finally finding somewhere where
| you can actually ask a question. You could give people a little
| credit for not being a bunch of totally computer illiterate bunch of
| fools.
|
| I would certainly never speak to my customers that way.
|
|
|
|| Nor have you provided any clue. You must provide the precise steps
|| you used if you expect anyone to be able to help.
|| As a general rule, if you want to be sure you include an Outlook
|| filed in the merge, start the merge from Outlook.
|| --
|| Russ Valentine
|| [MVP-Outlook]
|| message ||| I have created a mail merge document using Word and Outlook
||| contacts, and added in the Job Title address field, but when I
||| complete the merge all the
||| fields are there EXCEPT the Job Title field where there is a blank
||| line.
|||
||| I've tried this several ways (editing address block, adding all
||| fields from
||| scratch, using Publisher instead...) and the Job Title still doesn't
||| appear.
|||
||| There is nothing on the website that I can find that gives me any
||| clue as to
||| why this might be happening.
||| --
||| A. Wyganowski
 
Did you try what Russ suggested -- starting the merge from Outlook? That's the only way to ensure that all Outlook fields are available.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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