[AccessD] Retain input mask characters during mail merge

Both excellent ideas. Jim, thanks for #1 -- I had forgotten you could do
this!

Susan H.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Jim Dettman <jimdettman at verizon.net>
wrote:

>
> Susan,
>
> You can:
>
> 1. Store the characters of the input mask in the field (second argument of
> the mask spec controls this).
>
> 2. Use a query and format the fields with the mask for the mail merge to
> Word.
>
>  I'd use #2.
>
> Jim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:04 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] Retain input mask characters during mail merge
>
> A reader is losing the input mask characters during a mail merge to Word. I
> explained that the input masks aren't actually stored with the data. I've
> not tackled this before. I'm thinking the best solution might be a merge to
> an existing template using previously-formatted fields.
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> Susan H.
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