MS Word 2010 mail merge: dynamic url, same text

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Jay Rizzi picture Jay Rizzi · Mar 27, 2013 · Viewed 10.7k times · Source

I have a MS word 2010 mail merge that needs a personal url as href and a generic title for all users

i can send a url that displays as the full url, but i want a generic display text so users dont see all the parameters or a gigantic url

i have attempted to first insert the hyperlink then ALT+F9, this did not pass the mergefield

 {HYPERLINK "http://domain.wufoo.com/form1/def/Field1={MERGEFIELD id_number}" }

I then attempted after inserting the hyperlink to call a new field as the url, this did not remove the original inserted hyperlink as it seems to require a url value on inserting

 {HYPERLINK {MERGEFIELD url} \* MERGEFORMAT }

I attempted to follow the instructions here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912679 method #1 but the word 2002-2003 menus are different, i havent been able to insert a hyperlink without a url ('"Error! Hyperlink reference not valid" appears in the document.")

I am just not sure how to go about this

Answer

Jay Rizzi picture Jay Rizzi · Apr 3, 2013

Once i figured out how to insert a hyperlink without a url from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912679 method #1, this went off without a hitch

In Word 2010, goto Insert -> Quick parts -> Field and select Hyperlink then hit OK

This inserts a URL without a link address, which you can then follow the rest of the steps to place the mergefield as the url

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