Synchronizing data to a mailing label

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bat3
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Synchronizing data to a mailing label

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I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PRINT MAILING LABELS FROM WITHIN MY BASE FILE. I CAN GET ALL THE WAY TO POPULATING THE FILE. THEN ALL IT SHOWS IS THE ADDRESS OF WHERE THE DATA RESIDES. HELP I AM GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED.

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Re: SYNCHRONIZING DATA TO A MAILING LABEL

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Your description sounds like the field name(s) are being displayed rather than the data in the field.

Try toggling the setting of View |Field Names - or just press Ctrl-F9
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Re: SYNCHRONIZING DATA TO A MAILING LABEL

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HAVE TRIED TOGGELING. ALL IT DOES IS GO FROM DATA RESIDENCE LINK TO FIELD NAMES. DOES NOT POPULATE THE FIELDS WITH DATA. WHEN THE SHEET FORM IS UP AND ALL 30 LABEL SPACES ARE POPULATED THEY ARE POPULATED WITH FIELD NAMES NOT DATA AND THE SYNCHRONIZE BOX TO THE LEFT DOES NOTHING BUT GIVE ME A RED "X".//ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?

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Re: Synchronizing data to a mailing label

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Is this a writer label doc or a wizard in base? If the former, it sounds like you need to turn on data sources and click data to fields.
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