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Anderflash - 22 Nov 2006 17:21 GMT

Does someone know how I put relative path in a source to a mail merge? I need
to move the source and the mail merge document in another directories, but I
keep the source at the same folder of the mail merge.
Thanks for the attention.

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Graham Mayor - 23 Nov 2006 05:31 GMT

The merge should be able to find the data if it is in the same folder as the
merge document. Have you tried it?

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> Does someone know how I put relative path in a source to a mail
> merge? I need to move the source and the mail merge document in
> another directories, but I keep the source at the same folder of the
> mail merge.
> Thanks for the attention.

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Anderflash - 24 Nov 2006 18:29 GMT

Yes, I have tried this. For example:
C:\Mail\Source.mdb and
C:\Mail\MailMerge.doc

If I move the Mail folder to c:\otherFolder, it would be:
c:\otherFolder\Mail\Source.mdb
c:\otherFolder\Mail\MailMerge.doc

If I double-click the MailMerge.doc, the Word will ask for the
c:\Mail\MailMerge.doc
What can I do to solve this? If you have a example, please I would be glad
if you send this to anderson_pe@hotmail.com.

> The merge should be able to find the data if it is in the same folder as the
> merge document. Have you tried it?
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> > mail merge.
> > Thanks for the attention.

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Graham Mayor - 25 Nov 2006 05:49 GMT

The problem with that is the way the merge connects to mdb files created by
the merge wizard. In this case from the mailmerge helper (see
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm ) edit the data
file - break the link when prompted and Word will create a Word table
containing the data. Save it with a suitable name. Keep the two documents
together in the same folder and the merge document should find its data
without prompting.

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> Yes, I have tried this. For example:
> C:\Mail\Source.mdb and
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>>> mail merge.
>>> Thanks for the attention.

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Anderflash - 25 Nov 2006 13:59 GMT

I think I understood. The relative path only occurs if the source is a Word
table...
Thanks for the information, I activated the database toolbar, put the MDB
data to a table with the database commands, I saved in a file and did the
mail merge. I moved the documents to another folder and it works.

> The problem with that is the way the merge connects to mdb files created by
> the merge wizard. In this case from the mailmerge helper (see
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> >>> mail merge.
> >>> Thanks for the attention.

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