alphabetically paginate in a merge

[gracegirl]

i'm trying to put a church directory together and have no problem merging
from my excel database but i'm wondering if there is some way that i can
cause the merge to paginate alphabetically... like in an address book. all
the "a's" together, all the "b's" together and so on. any help would be
greatly appreciated!

 

[Mary Sauer]

What version Publisher? If you are using 2003-07 you could do this manually if
you are using the catalogue merge. After the merge, in step five, create a new
publication. Arrange the entries the way you are describing.

 

[gracegirl]

thanks mary. i'm using 2003. the problem is that my merged information
includes photos etc. so i can't easily just move things to the next page. i
don't want any "b's" on the same pages with "a's" and so on. i need a fresh
section for each letter of the alphabet. is there some way to connect the
pages of the booklet like you can connect text boxes so that it flows?

 

[Mary Sauer]

The catalog merge works with pictures. There is a catalog merge block, you put
all the information fields in the block. These will all stay together after you
merge and you create a new publication at step five. It is then only a matter of
pulling all the b's to the scratch area, inserting a new page, and dragging them
back and so forth. It is time consuming but this is the only way I know.