retain formatting from source document in mail-merge

Question

I have set up a mail-marge in Word 2003. The source is a document where each field is a formatted text as the following one:

I have different pieces of text to insert.

However, when I insert such a Merge Field in my primary document, it losts its original formatting. Is it possible to retain all the formatting I have set in the source document file?

Solution

Try using "REF" instead of "MERGEFIELD". It's a little strange, but I found it to preserve formatting with superscripts, and bolded characters.

https://superuser.com/a/457222/143655

Comments

[Adam]

Could you clarify, are you having problems getting the mergefield to use the same formatting as surrounding content, or when you merge the field with data you having trouble getting the formatting of that to stay the same?

[Toc]

The latter you said. I want the text to appear in the merged document as I have formatted in the source document.

[Toc]

Sorry, I've checked the box you have suggested but still my text does not retain original formatting. Here is as the source document and the mailmerge document appear: i.imgur.com/rzOii.png

[Adam]

@Toc, thanks. can you also attach the template somewhere as well?

[Toc]

i.imgur.com/T5Tdc.png is this what you are asking for or not?

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[DavidPostill]

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