I'm trying to do a Word MailMerge via VBA from my Access project. I created a clsWordMerge class so I could declare the Word application WithEvents, and take advantage of Word's MailMerge events, mainly the AfterMerge event.
Everything works fine, and I get the finished Word documents created, except that the source fields containing RTF data end up in the document not as formatted text, but instead the RTF codes and data:
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size=3 color=black>This is my <strong><em>test </em></strong>paragraph.</font></div>
Where I would expect to see: This is my test paragraph
This happens whether I do a mail merge using a CSV file for my data source or an Access table.
So is there any way to correct this, and show the formatted data? I have access to all of the MailMerge events that Word provides.
Thanks..
No, there's no way to merge in RTF and have it display as Word content. RTF is not Word's native file format - a converter is required to display RTF as Word content.
Mail merge literally displays the data text, as it appears in the data source. There are no "advanced features" that enable selectively formatting the mail merge result.
Also, based on painful experience, relying on MailMergeAfterMerge is not advisable. When it was introduced, I tried it, was enthusiastic... until it started failing. The event is unpredictable and not reliable.
Given your requirements, a fully VBA-driven data transfer from Access to Word is a better investment of time and energy.