No Blank Line Suppression When Printing Mail Merge Main Doc

ID: Q110304

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SYMPTOMS

If you create a MailMerge Main document, use the View Merge Data option when one of the mergefields is blank, and then print the main document, you get a blank line where the blank mergefield is, even though it looks correct on the screen.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Word versions listed above. This problem was corrected in Word 97 for Windows

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, disable background printing. To do so:

1. From the Tools menu, choose Options.

2. Select the Print tab.

3. Clear the Background Printing option.

KBCategory: KBSubcategory: kbmerge Additional query words: 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword supress lines word6 7.0 7.0a word7 ntword word95 wordnt suppression

Keywords          : kbprint kbmerge 
Version           : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0 7.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998