Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

MergeSeq

The MERGESEQ field adds an incremental record number to the document, based on the results of the current mail merge. Whereas MERGEREC numbers your merged documents based on the overall number of records in your data source, MERGESEQ numbers them based on the number pulled for this mail merge.

Note

Insert MERGESEQ fields as part of the mail merge process by choosing Merge Sequence # from the Insert Word Field button on the Mail Merge toolbar.

Syntax

{ MERGEREC }

Switches

None.

Examples

To include a sequence number in your mail merge documents, based on the number of documents created in this mail merge, insert the following field:

{ MERGEREC }

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