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Works: Field Information Slides Left During Print Merge

Article ID: 113264

Article Last Modified on 1/14/2000

Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q113264

SYMPTOMS

If two or more field placeholders are placed on one line in a form letter, and are separated by custom tabs with no other characters on the line, the field(s) to the right will slide left if any field(s) to the left are blank. For example:

   <<FIELD1>>                    <<FIELD2>>

If FIELD1 is separated from FIELD2 by a custom tab, the information in FIELD2 will slide over to the left margin when you print form letters if FIELD1 is blank.

RESOLUTION

Place a SPACEBAR character immediately after all except the rightmost database field name placeholder. For example, place the SPACEBAR character where the "X" is:

   <<FIELD1>>X                   <<FIELD2>>

This will keep the information in FIELD2 from sliding over to the left margin if FIELD1 is blank.

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Keywords: KB113264