thanks for the help – seems too simple. The customer wants like a 10 digit alphanumeric, printed one number to a unit (page, ticket, etc., I’m not sure what he is printing) so I don’t know if it is within the bounds of what I can do – sounds like it will need mail house software to get it done. I’m still grappling with merging data indesign and printshop mail. I couldn’t tell you what a GREP search is if it was right in front of me….

Ah, google.