Merge with data selectin
Abay
I am a newbie with WordPerfect, having used Word for years. I have to merge
a file of names and addresses with a form letter, which is to be addressed
to each customer uniquely. I also have to create a .pdf file separately for
each merged letter .. about 200 in all.
I am trying to cut down on the manual part of this process .. I have a
created a macro to select the pdf option from the printer list, saves a few
steps. But the biggest problem is selecting the data records one by one to
merge prior to creating the pdf file.
In the merge box by pressing the "records" button I can see all the entries
in the data file .. I would like to be able to type the first letter of the
customer (first field) and then quickly select the records, but this does
not seem to work, for example if I press "G", nothing happens.. I have to
scroll down to select the "G" record that I want ... the other option is to
select by record number, which involves more steps.
Ideally I would like to be able to create a macro which does the merge
advancing record by record, producing a merge letter for the creation of the
pdf file .. this is probably not possible, but it would be nice at least to
be able to advance to a customer area by typing the first letter so to
speak.
Any help on this would be most appreciated.
Abay