From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on
That is not necessary. However, the main document must be a label type main
document.

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Have you added fields to the labels?
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> Suzanne S. Barnhill
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> Words into Type
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> "Ben" <abc(a)efg.com> wrote in message
> news:uh0RSZAtKHA.5036(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> On 2/21/2010 2:38 PM, Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
>>> In Word 2007, go to the Mailings tab and then in the Write & Insert
>>> Fields section of the ribbon, the Update Labels button invokes the
>>> Propogate Labels command.
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>> I get as far as the "WRite & Insert fields" section of the ribbon, but
>> the "Update Labels" button is grayed out.
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