Insert database information in non-table

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Is there a way to insert database information so that it is not put into a
table. I would also like to be able to specify the formatting and other
things similar to merge fields on a per field basis. So far I know about the
"DATABASE" field which does some of what I want: it displays all of the data
that i want, but just in a table format. I also know about the "MERGEFIELD"
fields, which do pretty much everything that I want except they are only
linked to one data source (which i want to be able to pull data from
different sources into one document) and would also like to display all of
the fields in the current document. (where as I understand it merge fields
are usually used to create other documents).

Now just in case my description above was not clear, I will try to explain
what I'm doing.

As a simple example lets say I just want to create a title sheet with
information pulled from a data base (actually I'm creating a template but
that probably doesn't matter). So I want this template to get the title and
author from one query to the database. But I also want to include all
comments for that title that are kept in a different table. So without
formatting it would look something like this:
------------------------
<<Title>>
By: <<Author>>

<<Comment1>>
<<Comment2>>
<<Comment3>>

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?TWljaGFlbA==?=,

Is there a way to insert database information so that it is not put into a
table. I would also like to be able to specify the formatting and other
things similar to merge fields on a per field basis. So far I know about the
"DATABASE" field which does some of what I want: it displays all of the data
that i want, but just in a table format. I also know about the "MERGEFIELD"
fields, which do pretty much everything that I want except they are only
linked to one data source (which i want to be able to pull data from
different sources into one document) and would also like to display all of
the fields in the current document. (where as I understand it merge fields
are usually used to create other documents).

The only way this can be done is by using macros. In the Mail Merge FAQ on my
website, special merges section, there's a download file WdAcc97.zip that
basically outlines how this can be set up. Don't know if that will help you at
all, since you don't give any particulars about the "data sources"...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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