Word Mail Merge: Multiple records per page

[cpastre]

I have a mailing that I need to merge addresses into. The format of the mailing is such that it will be printed front-to-back and each page has two distinct addressees, one on the top half of the page and one on the bottom half of the page. The first page of the document is the back side of the mailing and so needs no address information, while the second page, the back side of the mailing will have address information for two separate addressees.

If I simply add two address blocks to the second page, one on the top half and one on the bottom half, Word merges the same address into both address blocks. So my question is, how do I get it to move to the next record from the data source between the first and second address blocks on a page? I have tried a section break but that doesn't seem to change anything and the documentation seems woefully inadequate w.r.t. mail merge.

Thanks,
Charlie

 

[guava65]

After you've created your merge document, right-click and show the merge toolbar. On that bar you can place the <<next record>> field after the address block. That will move the data pointer to the next record in the file and the address at the bottom of your page should be the one you want.

good luck.
Mahalo,
cg