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From: alanh@cup.portal.com (Alan E Hattman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: merge quotes in Word 4
Message-ID: <36322@cup.portal.com>
Date: 29 Nov 90 02:44:17 GMT
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In article <14864.9011201902@s4.sys.uea.ac.uk> jrk@information-systems.east-a
ia.ac.uk (Richard Kennaway CMP RA) writes:

>> When I do a Print Merge in Word 4, it complains if it finds unmatched
>> merge quotes (the option-backslash and shift-option-backslash characters).
>> Reasonable enough, but what do I do if I want to use those characters as
>> characters, rather than as merge command delimiters?

The easiest way around this problem is to covert your data document into a 
table.  The insert table command will ask if you want to use tab delimeter,
comma delimeter, paragraphs or side by side. 

I set all my documents using tabs.  Once the table is created you can type
*anything* you want in each field including all the commas, quotation marks,
etc. you want without worry.