2000: Unicode characters don't transfer from Access to Word

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Jay - 31 Jan 2004 03:20 GMT

I am trying to mail merge an Access 2000 database into
Word 2000 to make a catalogue. The Access 2000 database
has Cyrillic, Greek, and even a couple of Arabic entries.
(I have the proper fonts installed.) However, when I mail
merge, the Cyrillic and Greek letters get transformed into
question marks, which is annoying.

What can I do? Is there something else I need?

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Jay - 31 Jan 2004 15:43 GMT

Since I have just read the Tips from MVPS, I should say I
also posted the question in Mail Merge & Fields.

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Michael \(michka\) Kaplan [MS] - 31 Jan 2004 20:44 GMT

It is most likely a problem with the old DDE/ODBC connection made between
Access and Word when doing a standard merge that is causing the problem.
This code has not been updated on either side for a long time.

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> Since I have just read the Tips from MVPS, I should say I
> also posted the question in Mail Merge & Fields.

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