I do use bookmarks to insert static blocks such as scanned signatures or remove address blocks when merging to email, etc., in the source merge doc prior to merging, but I generate a lot of individual-per-letter-info during merges for which I have methods to produce the strings used as merge data. I typically merge all letters into a single document for the user to review before sending to the printer.

I suppose I *could* use those methods to create small, formatted Word docs that I could insert in the post merge document, but it gets pretty tricky to produce perhaps 300 files during a single merge and then insert them into the correct bookmarks. Not that I couldn't do it, of course!<bg> Or I could merge a unique id into the bookmark and then in post process loop through, generate and replace with formatted text. Or ...

I think I'll just tell the users that it can't be done!

I'll keep all these suggestions in mind. As we know, a given solution that might not be ideal for one problem is just the thing for another.

Gary


>Gary,
>Does it need to be a mergefield? You can use bookmarks in a template document and update content as you wish.
>Cetin
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>>Hi Cetin,
>>I'm in the position of having a production department create documents that go through an extensive routing process with layers of editors that look at how sentences break on the page, etc. They only work with Word docs they can edit and know exactly how they will look when finished (except for variations in merge outputs). That really prevents me from working with HTML docs etc.
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>>Years ago in another workplace, using FoxPro DOS, I produced documents and reports by hand coding strings in PCL5 and HPGL to get exactly what the originators wanted, in-line bitmaps, vertical text, etc. In some cases I was making bubble forms for later scanning and things had to be perfect allowing only the paper feed variations. A bit of a pain, but I could control everything!
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>>That probably explains the wistful desire to insert strange escape sequences in my merge strings.
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>>Gary
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