Emailmerge not working in Publisher

[karlsonj]

I'm using Publisher 2007 with the e-mail merge feature. In the email
preview, all my records look fine. But when I send the e-mails, they
contain the merge fields themselves <<name>> <<company name>> etc
instead of the merged data. I have several merge fields inserted
throughout my text box.
The only way I got anything to work correctly is to limit it to one
merge field early in a small, separate text box. But I want to insert
other merge fields throughout my document.
I am using Outlook 2007, however I have a specific list created for
the merge so fields are not being merged from Outlook.

 

[pathy]

I have having the same problem as reported by karlsonj

I have a simple letter with just one Name field and my recipient names come
from an Excel file. Everything looks perfect in the preview but the emails
still containthe fieldname <<name>>.

When I insert the same field name in the Subject line, that works OK even in
the generated emails.

(Office 2007)

 

[Lisa]

I'm currently having the very same issue...did you ever figure it out?

 

[Mary Sauer]

There is a good demo here for merging email
Demo: Personalize newsletters with E-mail Merge in Publisher 2007
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA101857621033.aspx

Common mail merge issues
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/HA102537301033.aspx

 

[Phil Abraham]

I don't see any answers that give a solution to this problem. IS there?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Did you browse to the links?

 

[Phil Abraham]

Yes I did Mary.
I have the exact same problem as the others on this thread. I can add a
field from a database, and I can see it correctly in the email previews.
However when I send the emails, they all apear with the merge field name e.g.
<<first name>> only instead of the content of the merge field "Phil" that I
saw a second ago in the preview.

 

[Mary Sauer]

I am not an expert on email merges. I have a buddy that does this weekly but he
uses Word without an issue.

Maybe merging the data field cells would be a solution for you.

There is a application that is linked from the Microsoft web site that could be
helpful. It has a trial version. Looks promising.

http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/mail_merge/marketplace.html

 

[Phil Abraham]

Hi Mary, thanks for your help. The Mapilab didn't help, and I didn't want to
convert to Word.

I did however clarify the problem enough that I can actually use Publisher
email merge.

It appears that only the "last" merge field is not converted to data. I
added three fields , and the first two filled correctly with data, but the
other remained as a merge field <<mergefield>>.

It also appears that this is because I didn't "leave" that field. If after I
drop the merge field I click outside of the text box, even that "last" merge
field fills correctly.

Problem for me at least is resolved.

Again thanks for the help Mary.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Hello Phil,
I am so glad you worked it out. I will save this solution, someone may have the
same problem down the road.
Thanks for sharing, it is appreciated.

 

[Phil Abraham]

No problem Mary, glad to share.

Hello Phil,
I am so glad you worked it out. I will save this solution, someone may have the
same problem down the road.
Thanks for sharing, it is appreciated.

 

[Jamie Gale]

Hi,
I have the same issue that when i send the email the merge field does not merge at all, i am useing a excel list and i need to send the emails for work and we usally use word but it always defults to webpage view and people cant see our letterhead and it just looks crap. I have tried nearly everything to try and get the merge fields to change but with no sucess, any help would be awesome.

Thanks
Jamie