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MegBoschetti06 - 03 Nov 2006 02:00 GMT

In recently trying to add another field in my Mail Merge Database, I have
somehow managed to disable to 'edit' button, so i'm presuming i've pressed
something i shouldn't have and locked the database. The database linked to
mail merge is access 2003. Any clue to what i have done or what i may need to
do to be able to edit the database through mail merge? Apologies if this
makes no sense!

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Graham Mayor - 03 Nov 2006 06:02 GMT

Once the merge list is created in its pseudo Access format, the edit button
is no longer available. You can, however still edit the data file to add
another field. Add the mailmerge helper to your merge toolbar - see
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm then edit the data
file from that helper. You will be asked to break the link to the MDB file -
do so and save the resulting document (a Word table) in your My Data Sources
folder. You can then add another column to the table for your new field. Use
this document as your data source for a new merge.

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> In recently trying to add another field in my Mail Merge Database, I
> have somehow managed to disable to 'edit' button, so I'm presuming
> I've pressed something I shouldn't have and locked the database. The
> database linked to mail merge is access 2003. Any clue to what I have
> done or what I may need to do to be able to edit the database through
> mail merge? Apologies if this makes no sense!

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