Need more pages

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OldManEd

I'm using Word 2003's mail merge feature to create several hundred name
tags. I'm using a .txt file (first, last) to merge into the Avery #5095
layout which is 4 name tags down in 2 columns; i.e. 8 total name tags. I
need 40 or so pages but find no way to set the total number of pages and,
therefore, am able to create only one page or 8 name tags.

How does one get around this?

EdC
 
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Jezebel

MailMerge will automatically create as many pages as needed to display all
the names in your source file. Or do you mean you also want some blank
labels?
 
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Charles Kenyon

You actually have to complete the merge. Merge to a document and you'll have
your pages. What you are doing now is viewing merge data in your merge file.
(This is what I do almost all the time.) It shows a page with the first
data.

Otherwise, you can click on the arrow keys on the MailMerge toolbar and move
through your data set. I would perform the merge though. It is a lot
simpler.
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OldManEd

Sorry, but it DOES NOT create additional pages!!! Just one page with 8 name
tags (Avery #5095). One time I even got an error message saying there was
too much data. Is this a Word or Avery bug for this particular layout???? I
have generated standard labels without any problem.
EdC
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

In Word 2002 and 2003, it is not very obvious but there are two steps.
Propagating the labels fills a single sheet, but you then have to complete
the merge to get more than one sheet.
 
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