Create mail merge document so that text does not shift up or down

[Allen Clark]

I am trying to create a mail merge document in which there are merge fields
that must be placed at a specific location on the page. The problem I have
is that if the address fields (from above on the page) add or delete a line,
or if another merge field causes a line to wrap, the text at the bottom of
the letter is shifted up or down. I would like to create a table and force
the table to be in that exact location on the page. Is there any way to do
that? WP used to have a "Vertical Tab" that allowed this functionality
without any problems.

Thanks in advance,
Allen Clark

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Put the address information in a single-cell (borderless) table with row
height set to an exact amount. To keep the address in the same relation to
the rest of the document, set the vertical alignment of the cell to Bottom.