Question:
I'm trying to figure out the best way to create a postcard mail merge using merge fields on back and front. I'vecreated one document for the address side, and anotherfor the message side. The merge itself works fine, buthow do I print the merged document so the salutation onthe message side matches the addressee? Since the orderof the recipients is the same for both documents (I don'tknow how to easily change this without editing eachindividually - defeating the purpose), and the page offour postcards must be turned over to print the otherside, recipient layout is flipped. I must be missingsomething obvious.

Answer: Typically you should set up a two-page (i.e. 2-sided) mail merge maindocument, and use SET fields to save the values of each field you want touse on page 2, and REF fields to insert them.

So suppose you have the following fields on page 1 (use Alt-F9 to see thesefield codes)

Card 1 front:{ MERGEFIELD a }

Card 2 front:{ NEXT }{ MERGEFIELD a }

Card 3 front:{ NEXT }{ MERGEFIELD a }

Card 4 front:{ NEXT }{ MERGEFIELD a }

And you want { MERGEFIELD c } on the back of the card. Use field codes asfollwos on the front:

Card 1 front:{ MERGEFIELD a }{ SET c1 { MERGEFIELD c } }

Card 2 front:{ NEXT }{ MERGEFIELD a }{ SET c2 { MERGEFIELD c } }

Card 3 front:{ NEXT }{ MERGEFIELD a }{ SET c3 { MERGEFIELD c } }

Card 4 front:{ NEXT }{ MERGEFIELD a }{ SET c4 { MERGEFIELD c } }

Then you will prbably have the following sequence on the back:

Card 2 back:{ REF c2 }

Card 1 back:{ REF c1 }

Card 4 back:{ REF c4 }

Card 3 back:{ REF c3 }

(You don't need { NEXT } fields on the back. But all the {} need to be thespecial field code braces you can insert using ctrl-F9).