Merge Fields used in word document

[fluffynicesheep]

Hi,

I have created a word mail merge template from data in an excel document, and I think I'm nearing the 256 column limit - so need to check what exactly I'm using and what (out of the 256 fields) I'm not currently using...

What I'm after is some kind of macro that will allow me to open up a word mail merge template, and then return all of the names of the mail merge fields that are used in that document into a single column in excel ....

Even better, if I could open all word documents in a named folder and add all the fieldnames used in all of those documents into one long list that would be even better!!

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[fluffynicesheep]

Hi,

I have created a word mail merge template from data in an excel document, and I think I'm nearing the 256 column limit - so need to check what exactly I'm using and what (out of the 256 fields) I'm not currently using...

What I'm after is some kind of macro that will allow me to open up a word mail merge template, and then return all of the names of the mail merge fields that are used in that document into a single column in excel ....

Even better, if I could open all word documents in a named folder and add all the fieldnames used in all of those documents into one long list that would be even better!!

Any help would be appreciated.

Just wondering if anyone has come up with any ideas at all?