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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / February 2007See Data Source File and Location
In mail merge in Word 2003, how can you see file name and location of the data source if you forget what data source you are using? I know it appears in the task pane, but if the path is long you can't see the whole thing. I teach beginners so I don't want a Visual Basic answer please. Thanks. You can always try Word Help|About|"System Info"|"Office 2003 Applications"|"Microsoft Office Word 2003"|"Mail Merge" Peter Jamieson > In mail merge in Word 2003, how can you see file name and location of the > data source if you forget what data source you are using? I know it appears > in the task pane, but if the path is long you can't see the whole thing. I > teach beginners so I don't want a Visual Basic answer please. Thanks. Thanks Peter. That worked, though I had to drag the header separator line a lot to see the whole path and file name. Is there a way to have text wrap in the mail merge task pane? That would certainly be easier, and enable the entire path to be seen. > You can always try Word Help|About|"System Info"|"Office 2003 > Applications"|"Microsoft Office Word 2003"|"Mail Merge" [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > in the task pane, but if the path is long you can't see the whole thing. I > > teach beginners so I don't want a Visual Basic answer please. Thanks. Not as far as I know - you can obviously drag the task pane to its maximum width but that's about it. In the system info dialog box you can select specific items and Edit/Copy then Edit paste into e.g. Notepad, which may be more straightforward than trying to organise the display so everything fits. The only other ways are via VBA or another programming language, and/or saving the file as a .htm, opening it as a text file and having a look at the mailmerge data source info. near the top. A word of warning: the data source filename does not necessarily tell you anything about the "real" data source, e.g. if it is a .odc or .udl file. The System Info box also provides the connection string which may be informative to the more technically-minded, but not the Query String. Peter Jamieson > Thanks Peter. That worked, though I had to drag the header separator line > a [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> > thing. I >> > teach beginners so I don't want a Visual Basic answer please. Thanks. Peter... I think what you've told me will be enough for people just learning the mail merge. I just wish there was a button in the task pane where you could click to "find target" of the data source or something similar. I haven't seen 2007 yet. Maybe there is something in the new version. Thanks for all info. > Not as far as I know - you can obviously drag the task pane to its maximum > width but that's about it. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > >> > thing. I > >> > teach beginners so I don't want a Visual Basic answer please. Thanks. |
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