choose Mail Merge). Click wherever you want the record number to appear in the document,
choose Insert Word Field on the Mail Merge toolbar, and select Merge Record # from the
list. See the following section for a suggestion on how to format merge record numbers.
Tracking Down Mail Merge Errors
My merged documents don’t look right—the fields don’t line up properly, or suddenly a line that
should hold a person’s name is showing a ZIP Code.
If your merge data file gets out of whack by one single entry, it can throw off an entire
merge. The easiest way to do a quick check for data integrity is to run the Mail Merge ...
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