No Blank Line Suppression When Printing Mail Merge Main Doc (110304)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows NT 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
This article was previously published under Q110304

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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:kbmerge kbprint KB110304
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