Noahc1986
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Q: Mail Merge not giving multiple target fields

So ive done mail merge over and over from time to time so i know how to use it. Ive gone through and created a table in numbers (the old numbers now) with first name, last name, street, city, state and zip as headers with all the respective information needed. Then i set up the mail merge and had the place holders set up matching those colums but when i try to add a mail merge field it will only give me the option of a target field for whatever is in colum B for pages. No other options. Just gives that with a check by it and doesnt allow me to pick any other ones. Is this something was somehow broke with the release of mavrick and the new pages/numbers where mail merge was taken out? Please provide any information or thoughts to try.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 11:08 PM

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  • by Ola Olsson,

    Ola Olsson Ola Olsson Oct 31, 2013 5:43 PM in response to Noahc1986
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    Oct 31, 2013 5:43 PM in response to Noahc1986

    Same problem here. There is no longer a drop down giving me the option of which column to choose for the merge field. I can only choose the first data column. I'm screwed! This is after updating to Mavericks using iWorks '09.

  • by Ola Olsson,

    Ola Olsson Ola Olsson Oct 31, 2013 6:44 PM in response to Noahc1986
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    Oct 31, 2013 6:44 PM in response to Noahc1986

    Ok, I have verified that Mavericks is the culprit. I have a home desktop that was updated to Mavericks and a school laptop that is still the latest Mountain Lion. I use Dropbox to maintain file parity between home and work. I'm using the same software on both machines – iWork '09. On the Mavericks machine the mail merge function will only allow me to choose the first column of a target table. The laptop, with Mountain Lion, offers the full drop-down menu allowing me to choose between all columns in the table. It's the same Pages file and the same Numbers file.

  • by rogerfromnorwalk,

    rogerfromnorwalk rogerfromnorwalk Oct 31, 2013 7:00 PM in response to Ola Olsson
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    Oct 31, 2013 7:00 PM in response to Ola Olsson

    I just spoke to an apple tech: Mavericks is the issue. If your computer came with an earlier operating system, it is possible to got back to Mountain Lion. If (as is the case with us) you recently purchased a computer that came with Mavericks, you're out of luck. The only realistic alternative, if you need mail merge, is to opt for different software. The new iWork doesn't have mail merge (or many other features) at all; 4.3 does, but mail merge is unreliable under Mavericks. Rock, hard place, leading, alas, to Microsoft Office.

  • by KaasNeef,

    KaasNeef KaasNeef Feb 13, 2014 9:50 AM in response to rogerfromnorwalk
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    Feb 13, 2014 9:50 AM in response to rogerfromnorwalk

    We should all say thanks to Apple for screwing our Pages mailmerge documents.

    I have a whole pile of mailmerge documents to support multiple administrations.

    Am i now forced to buy a Windows PC and Microsoft Office ??????

     

    Thank You again !

  • by apelouze,Helpful

    apelouze apelouze Mar 12, 2014 3:02 PM in response to Noahc1986
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    Mar 12, 2014 3:02 PM in response to Noahc1986

    Found the answer.

     

    Highlight the text in the Pages doc and go to Insert drop down, then Merge Field.  Select the field data you want.

     

    Apple needs to fix/make available this feature in the new pages 5.  Actually all the features of the previous version.

  • by sd_ah,

    sd_ah sd_ah Mar 14, 2014 5:41 PM in response to apelouze
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    Mar 14, 2014 5:41 PM in response to apelouze

    LIFE SAVER!!

     

    I thought I was going to have to do 140 paddles by hand..Whew!

  • by robert.b,

    robert.b robert.b Mar 23, 2014 5:56 AM in response to Noahc1986
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    Mar 23, 2014 5:56 AM in response to Noahc1986

    Life saver as someone said!

    Can now continue creating my son's birthday invitation cards

     

    THANK YOU!

     

    And Apple need to invest in testing. Too many bugs are let through - I remember when updating to OS X Leopard with an active Guest account wiped my whole HDD incl the videos from our US trip I didn't have room to backup and hadn't put on DVD yet.

  • by rhvialls,

    rhvialls rhvialls Jun 26, 2014 5:35 PM in response to apelouze
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    Jun 26, 2014 5:35 PM in response to apelouze

    Thanks heaps!!! this is the best answer but you must use the original pages when using mavericks

  • by pjbrockmann,

    pjbrockmann pjbrockmann Jul 6, 2014 12:08 PM in response to apelouze
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    Jul 6, 2014 12:08 PM in response to apelouze

    Many thanks for this answer.

  • by icoquereau,

    icoquereau icoquereau Sep 22, 2014 8:54 PM in response to apelouze
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    Sep 22, 2014 8:54 PM in response to apelouze

    OH MY GOSH.  I had worked hours on my wedding guest list in numbers to do an easy mail merge for our save the dates.  Had I not found this posting and the solution I would have been one ****** off bridezilla!  Thank you for helping me keep my sanity.

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Sep 23, 2014 6:16 AM in response to KaasNeef
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    Sep 23, 2014 6:16 AM in response to KaasNeef

    You can run Office for Mac 2011 and have native .doc/.docx document interchange with your PC colleagues. Best use of departmental funds. No need to buy a PC and install MS Office 2013.

  • by apelouze,

    apelouze apelouze Sep 23, 2014 1:39 PM in response to rhvialls
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    Sep 23, 2014 1:39 PM in response to rhvialls

    Yes Pages 4.0 under Mavericks.

  • by yves_dufour,

    yves_dufour yves_dufour Oct 1, 2014 5:49 AM in response to apelouze
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    Oct 1, 2014 5:49 AM in response to apelouze

    "and go to Menu > Insert > Merge Fields"   precisely ...