Mail merge file sizes

[Stuart M]

Can anybody help me.
I have produced a 2 page document in Publisher 2003 and when I add mail
merge to it with a database of 500 addresses, when it generates I get the
following problems;

1. It takes ages to generate (the green progress bar moves very slowly
across the screen as it applies the address to each document
2. The file sizes are at least 300mb for each 10 that it generates (the
original file size is less than 2 mb)

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Mary Sauer]

This will help
The Registry Fix
for changing the Mail Merge Batch Size
Courtesy of KATMA
http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/registryfix