MailMerge Members (Word)

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05/06/2016

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Represents the mail merge functionality in Word.

Methods

Name	Description
Check	Simulates the mail merge operation, pausing to report each error as it occurs.
CreateDataSource	Creates a Microsoft Word document that uses a table to store data for a mail merge.
CreateHeaderSource	Creates a Microsoft Word document that stores a header record that is used instead of the data source header record in a mail merge.
EditDataSource	Opens or switches to the mail merge data source.
EditHeaderSource	Opens the header source attached to a mail merge main document, or activates the header source if it is already open.
EditMainDocument	Activates the mail merge main document associated with the specified header source or data source document.
Execute	Performs the specified mail merge operation.
OpenDataSource	Attaches a data source to the specified document, which becomes a main document if it is not one already.
OpenHeaderSource	Attaches a mail merge header source to the specified document.
ShowWizard	Displays the Mail Merge Wizard in a document.

Properties

Name	Description
Application	Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
DataSource	Returns a MailMergeDataSource object that refers to the data source attached to a mail merge main document. Read-only.
Destination	Returns or sets the destination of the mail merge results. Read/write WdMailMergeDestination.
Fields	Returns a read-only MailMergeFields collection that represents all the mail merge fields in the specified document.
HighlightMergeFields	True to highlight the merge fields in a document. Read/write Boolean.
MailAddressFieldName	Returns or sets the name of the field that contains e-mail addresses that are used when the mail merge destination is electronic mail. Read/write String.
MailAsAttachment	True if the merge documents are sent as attachments when the mail merge destination is an e-mail message or a fax. Read/write Boolean.
MailFormat	Returns a WdMailMergeMailFormat constant that represents the format to use when the mail merge destination is an e-mail message. Read/write.
MailSubject	Returns or sets the subject line used when the mail merge destination is electronic mail. Read/write String.
MainDocumentType	Returns or sets the mail merge main document type. Read/write WdMailMergeMainDocType.
Parent	Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified MailMerge object.
ShowSendToCustom	Returns or sets a String corresponding to the caption on a custom button on the Complete the merge step (step six) of the Mail Merge Wizard. Read/write.
State	Returns the current state of a mail merge operation. Read-only WdMailMergeState.
SuppressBlankLines	True if blank lines are suppressed when mail merge fields in a mail merge main document are empty. Read/write Boolean.
ViewMailMergeFieldCodes	True if merge field names are displayed in a mail merge main document. False if information from the current record is displayed. Read/write Long.
WizardState	Returns or sets a Long indicating the current Mail Merge Wizard step for a document. The WizardState method returns a number that equates to the current Mail Merge Wizard step; a zero (0) means the Mail Merge Wizard is closed. Read/write.