WD: Selection with Tab Not Inserted in Delivery Address Box

ID: Q142343

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

Text in the Delivery Address box of the Envelopes dialog box or the Labels Address box does not appear correctly.

Example 1

When you select the following text 

   <TAB> John Jones
   123 Main Street
   Anytown, USA
you get the following result in the Delivery Address box: 

   <blank line>
   123 Main Street
   Anytown, USA

Example 2

When you select this text 

   Confidential<tab>Susan Smith
you get the following result in the Delivery Address box: 

   Confidential

CAUSE

Microsoft Word does not recognize the text as a valid address.

WORKAROUND

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Use the following sample macro to work around this problem: 

   Sub MAIN
      Dim dlg As ToolsCreateEnvelope
      GetCurValues dlg
      dlg.EnvAddress = Selection$()
      If Dialog(dlg) Then
         ToolsCreateEnvelope dlg
      EndIf
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q108500
   TITLE     : WD: Envelope Command Fails to Pick Up Print Merge Address
               Fields
Additional query words: envelopes delivery address tab blank nothing nil null missing empty 
Keywords          : kbprint wordnt kbmacroexample winword kbmerge ntword macword word6 word7 word95 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: April 9, 1999