Hello Uni-darts,

 

Thanks for your inquiry. I watched the YouTube tutorial you sent me and suggest you go to the Corel Help button on the menu bar and search for Merge in the index. It's a little more thorough in describing the different options. Corel's Print Merge function is quite easy to use, but where things get tricky is in being clear about the difference between fields and records and whether you have:

 

1 Single Page Single Layout Single Field

 

2 Single Page Single Layout Multiple Fields

 

3 Single Page Repeated Layout Single Field

 

4 Single Page Repeated Layout Multiple Fields

 

Even though the video showed an example of #3 featuring a single field on multiple identical layouts, it was still necessary to create a new field for each layout. All that Print Merge does is change the record each time a print is made, so even though each layout only has one field, they all need to be unique fields containing their own independent set of records. This becomes even more complicated when each page contains repeated layouts containing multiple fields, because each field on the page must be unique.

Let’s say, for instance, that the layout contains two fields. If there was only one layout on the page, then each time the document printed, each field would contain a new record independent of the other field. If the layout is repeated, so there are three to a page, then it will be necessary to create six independent fields—two for each layout.

Each time this page is printed, each of the six fields will contain independent information (records).

When entering information in the records, the Merge Wizard shows the fields in horizontal columns and the records in vertical rows underneath each column, making it easy to verify that the information for each layout of each page is correct and coordinated.

It's impossible for me to comment on your particular issue, since I don't have enough information, but my guess, from what you are describing, has something to do with the explanation above. I know when I first used the Merge Wizard, I mistakenly typed in my record information when creating fields. I ended up with five fields with no records, and that clearly didn't work. It's also possible that happened with your set-up, but I think it has more to do with the independent field issue mentioned above.

Check these things out and try referencing the Help button. If you still have problems, send me an email letting me know which of the four configurations you are working with and describing the outcome in greater detail.

Thanks.