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FILE PRINT MERGE
 
Procedures: <Merging files>
 
Use the File Print Merge command to print
customized versions of a document by combining
the text of a <main document> with text from
a <data document>.
 
■ When you use the File Print Merge command to
  create a new document, a file is created that
  contains complete documents for each data
  record.
 
■ A <field> name can contain as many as 64
  characters, in any combination of upper- and
  lowercase letters and numbers. The first
  character must be a letter.
 
■ A field name cannot contain spaces, hyphens,
  periods, or any punctuation mark other than
  an underscore.
 
■ The character used to separate fields must not
  match the character that displays in the Decimal
  box of the Utilities Customize dialog box. If
  you have specified a comma as the decimal
  character, use a semicolon or tab character to
  separate fields in both the <header record> and
  data records.
 
■ To format text from the data document, format
  the first letter of the field name in the main
  document.
 
■ The maximum number of fields in the header is
  256.
 
■ The maximum number of nested INCLUDE
  instructions is 64.
 
More Help: <File menu commands>
           <Demo: Creating Form Letters>
 
Using Manual: Ch. 16, "Form Letters, Mailing
              Labels, and Other Merge Documents"