SpiceyKitten01

Fair enough, that's per page six cards per page, my poor communicate skills, so I do apologies. x

I have no resolved the issue, the mail merge layout tool DOES NOT require you to use the merge fields, it can be used to create repeating designs on a single page WITHOUT using an actual mail merge. The icon is in the left side of the Publisher document, took me most of the day to figure this out but I have done it. So, the answer is. Yes, I can create a template ready to put the merge fields in at a later date.

No, I'm not asking how to add mail merge fields, I was asking how to access the mail merge LAYOUT feature, but couldn't find anything on how to do that without the data source. I have figured it out now though and YES, you can indeed create the mail merge template ready for the fields to be placed later using the mail merge layout without a data set. thank you anyway.

Thank you very much, although I know how to do the mail merge itself, I was literally just looking to find out how to access the mail merge layout feature before loading the data...I have found it now.

I'm not sure where you got 36 up from? I've not mentioned 36 Up... So I'm very confused.

I am creating a game that my company will sell online. However, we need to set up a mail merge template that will allow me to print multiple cards to one page. I know that once I have attached the data source I can use mail merge lay out to create this...However, I need to create this repeating pattern in a six by six format on each A4 page as a base template that can be used for different games, from different data sources each time. For example. Game A uses Data Source A, but the next game won't use the same data source to merge with. I can't find any way to create this cataloger merge option without the data source already being attached, which doesn't work for me as I would then have to set out a new template for each game created under that design. I hope that question makes sense? The N Up function doesn't seem to work, I've tried to use that and all i get is one tiny square in the top left corner of each page. The mirror function doesn't allow me to select it and the symmetry option doesn't fit what i need either as I need it tiled. The tiled option in print doesn't work, still end up with just a single tiny square at the top left of each page, or in the center. I've looked and all I can find is how to create this once the mail merge data is attached, but I need to create it without the mail merge data attached. It is set to booklet, facing pages, but none of the settings work the way I need it to. Please Help! I don't want to have to recreate the same booklet or the same card each time i set up a new data set. I can do this in Microsoft publisher, but not in affinity. I need affinity because it does a few functions that Microsoft doesn't.