mail merge- 2 things

[geoff]

Help! I have folks on my mailing list, same address but
different last names. When I merge that way, it shows
them correct but the others either.....sam smith and judy
smith or The Smith family. In a perfict world I would
like it to merge...... jen doe & sarah miller and sam &
judy smith. What can I do?

Next, when I save the mail merge to a cd to take to
Kinkos to print they say "you need to load up this file
prep tool & save it that way first, oh but you have XP so
this won't work, you need to buy a distiller". Well I
just looked at what I think is a distiller on Adobe site
and it was $500. I don't mind spending if this solves
the problem, any ideas?

Thanks, thanks and many thanks!

 

[°°°MS°Publisher°°°]

Geoff if you are using the database within Publisher - any version, it is a
dog (lousy)

XP makes no damn difference whatsoever to anything. Kinkos don't even know
the time of day.

What version of Publisher are you using?

By any chance are you fortunate enough to own or able to obtain a copy of MS
Works 4.5a.

You can do what you want easily with a decent database like the Works 4.5a.
All the later versions of MS Works are an absolute disaster and garbage
trash.

I am almost sure I have a database in MS Works all setup with exactly what
you want and any other options you may need. The MS Works database works
perfectly with Publisher.

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[DavidF]

Works 4.5 can be purchased here for $9.95 + $5 shipping
http://store.yahoo.com/dirtcheapsoftware/micwor45oemf.html

Then go here to download the free Y2K patch which will bring it up to 4.5a:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:
80/support/kb/articles/q191/9/99.asp&NoWebContent=1