Defining Your Own Merge Fields
You can add a merge field to a document that can later be replaced with contact
information from Address Book or a Numbers document. You can disable a merge
field, change the data it uses, remove sender or merge fields, and more.
When you need to modify a merge field or create new merge fields, you use the Merge
pane of the Link inspector.
To create a merge field:
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Open a Pages document.
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Place the insertion point at the location where you want the Address Book field
to appear.
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If the Link inspector isn’t open, choose Insert > Sender Field or Insert > Merge Field.
Or, in the Merge pane of the Link inspector, click Add (+) and choose Add Merge
Field or Add Sender Field. A placeholder for the sender or merge field is inserted and
highlighted.
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In the Merge pane of the Link inspector, click the Target Name controls. Choose the
category that best describes the kind of data you want inserted into the field.
If a Numbers document is selected, select the Numbers table column header that
matches the data you want inserted.
To change a merge field:
To change a merge field from a sender field to a merge field or vice versa, delete the
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field, and then add a new field.
To delete a merge field, select it, and then press the Delete key.
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When a document uses an Address Book field that has work, home, or other variations,
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you can quickly switch from one variation to another by choosing Edit > Mail Merge.
Click to view the Merge Field table. Click Target Name, and select the variation.
To change a merge field label, click the merge field whose label you want to change,
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type the new label, and then select the new label. If the Link inspector isn’t open,
choose Insert > Merge Field or Insert > Sender Field. Otherwise, in the Merge pane of
the Link inspector, click Add (+), and choose Add Merge Field or Add Sender Field. If
the merge source is a Numbers document, select the Numbers table column header
that matches the records you want inserted into the field.