I have searched the Word Help and the Access Help, I have consulted the well used Access Bible that sits behind my desk, and to no avail...so now I consult the mighty brain trust that is "thescripts ". I have merged a query with a form in word, mail merge..very simple. However, my fields will not retain the formatting I have so painstakingly created in Access. I lose my dashes in the Social Security number and the medium date formatting...