Mail merge is taking forever
I set up a simple mail merge using pages and numbers to do Avery name tags. The merge is taking forever. Am I doing doing it wrong? Word would be an instant display.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
I set up a simple mail merge using pages and numbers to do Avery name tags. The merge is taking forever. Am I doing doing it wrong? Word would be an instant display.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
Hi Lizmattphilly, We appreciate you reaching out to us.
Does it help if you restart your device?
If no, let’s test if the issue persists on a newly created user account.
The article below can guide you on how to create a new user account.
Change Users & Groups settings on Mac
If you are experiencing the issue when signed in on a different user account, please check if the issue persists while on safe mode.
Performing this step may help resolve the issue, or further isolate the issue.
Below is an article to help guide you through the process.
How to use safe mode on your Mac
If the issue persists in safe mode, please provide us with more details about the issue.
We understand that you mentioned that it is taking forever, is it taking a long time to complete the process or does it seem like Pages and Numbers are not responding?
Take care!
Hi Lizmattphilly, We appreciate you reaching out to us.
Does it help if you restart your device?
If no, let’s test if the issue persists on a newly created user account.
The article below can guide you on how to create a new user account.
Change Users & Groups settings on Mac
If you are experiencing the issue when signed in on a different user account, please check if the issue persists while on safe mode.
Performing this step may help resolve the issue, or further isolate the issue.
Below is an article to help guide you through the process.
How to use safe mode on your Mac
If the issue persists in safe mode, please provide us with more details about the issue.
We understand that you mentioned that it is taking forever, is it taking a long time to complete the process or does it seem like Pages and Numbers are not responding?
Take care!
I’m pretty techy but this guidance is beyond me. I let the wheel spin for literally 12 hours trying to populate the lanes with 135 names. In the end, nothing populated. So I used Word on another device. Thanks, though.
Pages is not a Word clone. Each application does Mail merge as it was designed, and if time is important to you, then use Word, not Pages.
Mail merge is taking forever