Word XP

[Kate Maclay]

I need to divide an 8.5 x 11 page into 3 equal rows.
Each row is actually a receipt to be sent to different
customers with merged data including date, dollar amount,
account #, name and mailing address. I know how to do
merges but I cannot get 3 differnt groups of data on the
3 different receipts. I also cannot seem to find a way
to divide the page into 3 rows except using tables or
columns. Cannot find a way to divide the page. Does
anyone know if this can be done and how? I will be
forever in somebody's debt if they can figure this out.

PS: I am going absolutely bananas trying to do this and
have said a lot of cruel things about Word. WordPerfect
was so much easier and logical. Help, help, help.

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Have you tried dividing into Columns? Format > Columns > choose the column
type and in the "apply to:" pop down menu, choose "This Point Forward".

Andre Da Costa
Jamaica W.I.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Steve's suggestion is probably the simplest, and this uses tables to split
the document, which is the correct way forward. A table is merely a method
of marking the document into separate columns and you need only three cells
to the page, which is what a custom label format would do. By using a custom
label the mailing label merge will do all the work of building the separate
documents for you, though you could build it all by hand and use NEXT fields
on the second and third columns to force the next record information.

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