To apply your changes and close this dialog box, click here.


To cancel all changes you’ve made and close the dialog box, click here.


To apply your changes without closing the dialog box, click here. If the dialog box is hiding the affected part of your document, you can move the dialog box by dragging its title bar.


To see a description of any control, click the "?" button in the upper right corner of the dialog box, and then click the control.


To choose the table you want to merge with your document, click its name and then click OK.


To use the Address book as a data source, click here.


To look for and then open a data source you’ve already created, click here.


Type the name of the worksheet or table, and then click OK.


To add the selected field to your document, click here. If this dialog box is covering the text frame in which you’re inserting field codes, you can move the dialog box. Then you can insert paragraph marks, tabs, and so on to position the insertion point before you insert a field code.


These are the fields that exist in the data source you’ve chosen to merge with this publication.


To view the merge results, click here.


To choose the data source field you want to apply filter criteria to, click the Field box and then click the field name.

For example, to work with the entries of your customers who live in New Jersey, begin by clicking State in the Field list.


To choose the operator (for example, Is equal to or Is less than) for your filter criteria, click the Comparison box and then click a comparison phrase.

For example, to work with the entries of your customers who live in New Jersey, click Is equal to in the Comparison box after clicking State in the Field box.


To specify the text or number you want to compare with the field you chose in the Field box, click the Compare to box and then type the information.

For example, to work with the entries of your customers who live in New Jersey, type NJ in the Compare to box after clicking State in the Field box and Is equal to in the Comparison box.


To specify multiple selection criteria for your filter, click this box and then click And or Or.

For example, to work with the entries of your customers who live in New Jersey and New York, click Or in this box after clicking State in the first Field box, Is equal to in the Comparison box, and NJ in the Compare to box. (Then choose State, Is equal to, and NY in the second row of boxes.)


To remove all of the filter criteria you’ve set so that you can work with all the entries in your data source, click here.


Uses the Marked Records criteria set in the database file.


To choose the data source field you want to apply sort criteria to, click the Sort by box and then click the field name.

For example, to view your entries in postal code order, begin by clicking Zip Code in the Sort by list, and then choose a sort order.


To choose the sort order you want to apply to the field you chose in the Sort by box (or the Then by box), click either Ascending or Descending.

For example, to view your entries in postal code order, beginning with the lowest postal code number, click Ascending after choosing Zip Code in the Sort by box.


To specify multiple selection criteria for your sort, click this box and then click a field.

For example, to view your entries in alphabetical order within each postal code, click Last Name in the Then by box after clicking Zip Code in the Sort by box.


To remove all of the sort criteria you’ve set so that you can specify new ones, click here.


If the file format of your data source is not on this list, you may be able to save the file as plain text and then merge it with your document. Check the data source program's documentation to see if you can save the file as a text file.


To try to restore connection to the data source, click here.


To open the document without restoring the connection to the data source, click here.


To see the first entry in your data source as it will appear in the printed document, click here.

If you’ve chosen to merge only some of the entries with the current document (using the Sort command), you’ll view the first entry that meets your selection criteria.


To see the previous entry in your data source as it will appear in the printed document, click here.

If you’ve chosen to merge only some of the entries with the current document (using the Sort command), you’ll view only entries that meet your selection criteria.


To jump to a specific entry in your data source when you know that entry’s number, click in this box and type the number.


To see the next entry in your data source as it will appear in the printed document, click here.

If you’ve chosen to merge only some of the entries with the current publication (using the Sort command), you’ll view only entries that meet your selection criteria.


To see the last entry in your data source as it will appear in the printed document, click here.

If you’ve chosen to merge only some of the entries with the current document (using the Sort command), you’ll view only entries that meet your selection criteria.


If the fields of the file are separated by tabs or commas, click the appropriate word and then click OK. If the fields are separated by another character, click Other, type the character in the box, and then click OK.