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Keyboard Merge - Prompt Disappears, How to En
DocumentID: 650184
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:28:57 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: ADVANCED MERGE. Create an advanced merge with {PROMPT}ADDRESS:~{KEYBOARD}, type in information and press RETURN and then Backspace. This causes the Prompt to disappear and be replaced with *MERGING*. Why does this happen? Also, the merge cannot be canceled by using F1 or CONTROL-BREAK (as described on page 465 of the manual). How is this merge supposed to be terminated? Solutions: Page 942 of the 5.1 documentation tells us that when a merge is paused at a {KEYBOARD} command, you can {QUIT} or {STOP} the merge with Shift-F9, 1 or 3. On any releases before 12/30/90, that is the method to stop the merge. On releases 12/30/90 or later, you can press F7, and the program will ask if you want to exit the keyboard merge.

F1 or Ctrl-Break only halt a merge that is not paused. The documentation will be changed to more accurately explain this. If you want the prompt to remain until you press {END FIELD}, then use {STATUSPROMPT} instead of {PROMPT}.

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