Excel / Mail Merge - Return Column Headers for All and Any Columns with Values

eduams

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Hi All

I am looking for a solution to the following problem:
I need to create a mail merge of all students with grades in subjects they study for only. If they study for those subjects then i want to return the subject and grade under each students name. If they don't study for any subject, then i don't want to see the subject listed at all...e.g.:
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 768"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Science Term 1[/TD]
[TD]Science Term 2[/TD]
[TD]Science Term 3[/TD]
[TD]Science Term 4[/TD]
[TD]Maths Term 1[/TD]
[TD]Maths Term 2[/TD]
[TD]Maths Term 3[/TD]
[TD]Maths Term 4[/TD]
[TD]English Term 1[/TD]
[TD]English Term 2[/TD]
[TD]English Term 3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jan[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]61[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]50[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]81[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Feb[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]18[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mar[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]72[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]47[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]18[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]44[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Apr[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]25[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]81[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]34[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]29[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]89[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]55[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]74[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]92[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]May[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]28[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]28[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]84[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]37[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]50[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]23[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]72[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]52[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jun[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]79[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]93[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]11[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]90[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]63[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]89[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jul[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]32[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]18[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]73[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]65[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]24[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]54[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Aug[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]22[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]67[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]84[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]66[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sep[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]61[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]64[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]45[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]59[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]58[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]65[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]80[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Oct[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]27[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]34[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]30[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]11[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]42[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]78[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nov[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dec[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sun[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]55[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mon[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]41[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tue[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]56[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wed[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]39[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]48[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]83[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]56[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]18[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]75[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]37[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]71[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]57[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Thu[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]75[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]87[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]55[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]44[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]56[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]26[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]21[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Fri[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]94[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]70[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]42[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]14[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]83[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]75[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]35[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]84[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sat[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]39[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]59[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]57[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sun[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]79[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]56[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]80[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]11[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mon[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]49[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]67[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]70[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]68[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]64[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]33[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]31[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]15[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]88[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

..so the final outcome should be a single page with customized headers and merged fields like:

Name: Mar
Subjects:
Science Term 1: 72
Science Term 2: 47
Science Term 3: 18Maths Term 2: 44
_________________________________next student record

many thanks for your help
 

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