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Shapes.AddCatalogMergeArea method (Publisher) |
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Adds a Shape object that represents the specified publication's catalog merge area.
expression.AddCatalogMergeArea
expression A variable that represents a Shapes object.
Shape
Only one catalog merge area can be added to a publication page. Typically, a publication will only have one catalog merge area.
Although you can add one catalog merge area per publication page, you can only connect to a single data source for a publication. What data is merged is determined by the catalog merge area on the active page, and the data fields it contains.
Note
You must add a catalog merge area to the publication page before you connect to a data source.
Use the AddToCatalogMergeArea method of the Shape or ShapeRange objects to add shapes to a catalog merge area.
Use the Insert method of the MailMergeDataField object to add a picture data field to a publication's catalog merge area.
Use the InsertMailMergeField method of the TextRange object to add a text data field to a text box in the publication's catalog merge area.
Use the RemoveCatalogMergeArea method of the Shape object to remove a catalog merge area from a publication.
This method corresponds to selecting a catalog merge in Step 1: Select a merge type of the Mail and Catalog Merge Wizard.
The following example adds a catalog merge area to the first page of the specified publication.
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