HELP I am doing a Data Merge and It is only giving me one record per page!

I really need help here. I am doing a data merge and have selected the options for doing multiple records per page but instead it is merging everything to it's own page. Can someone tell me what I am missing?

Why do you say you can't do a multiple record merge to a table?
I've never had any trouble putting placeholders into a table. It's the way I do most of the datamerge that I work with.
My mistake… I was confused with the script, and I must confess I had never tried (until now) to use tables as placeholders, but it works.
My apologies for this uncorrect answer

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Thanks Peter. That helped me un-grey the multiple records. I was able to complete a data merge, however, this is what happens.
As you can see in this image, I have the margins setup the way I prefer, and the data merge previews correctly.
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Also, my InDesign freezes up when I try and do a merge of my entire sheet (182 items). The images above are when I tested doing just records 1-32.
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