Merge Page Break Record For Free - Merge Break

Preview and print the letters Go to Mailings > Preview Results to preview your letter. Use the left and right arrows to scroll through each record. To make additional changes, select Preview Results again to return to fields view. When the letters look how you want, select Mailings > Finish & Merge > Print Documents.

Select the cells under the Merge Status column for the rows that you would like to skip and select the Skip Row value.

Many to One type merges, which can be used for creating documents such as invoices where there are multiple records in the data source that have common data in one of the fields.

The root cause of the "skipping" behavior during a Mass Mail Merge for labels, is an improperly formatted MS Word document that is used as the source for the Mail Merge template. More specifically, the incorrect placement of the 'next record' merge field in the MS Word document can/will cause the skipping behavior.

Next Record Place your cursor where you want data from the next record to appear. Go to Mailings > Rules > Next Record. Insert a merge field for the data you want next. A list of company names might look like this: «Company_Name» «Next Record»«Company_Name» «Next Record»«Company_Name»

This is the most bare-bones type of merge, and you can still use it to create virtually any type of finished document you want. The other way to get rid of the section breaks is to create Form Letters (by choosing that option), and then use Find and Replace to remove the section breaks in the final document.

Try it! Select Layout. In the Paragraph group, select the small arrow. In the Paragraph dialog box, select Line and Page Breaks. Under Pagination, choose the option that works best for you: Widow/Orphan control. Keep with next. Keep lines together. Page break before.