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Mail merging from a Word doc

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Sharon - 22 May 2008 12:36 GMT
I've got a document already prepared in Word & now, I want to create a mail
merge w/it.  I've created the .mdb to go along w/it & attached it to the Word
doc.  I've put all the merged fields in the Word doc.  I go to Tools/Letters
& Mailings/Mail Merge/Edit Recipient List & then I come up w/the box that I
should be able to hit Edit & bring up the dialog box.  Well, the Edit box is
grayed out.  I've been working on this mail merge/template/mdb thing for
about a week now & nothing.  I've recreated it several times.  I've gone into
the .mdb itself using Access to try to figure out what's wrong & still
nothing.  Do I have to recreate this thing again?  Or is there another way I
can fix it?
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Sharon
Graham Mayor - 22 May 2008 13:34 GMT
As you have probably gathered by now you cannot edit an MDB format data
source using Edit from the Merge Wizard (nor is it a true Access file). You
can convert it to an editable file by using the old MailMerge Helper - see
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm .
The simplest type of data source for merge, which is easy to maintain, is a
simple Word table.

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> I've got a document already prepared in Word & now, I want to create
> a mail merge w/it.  I've created the .mdb to go along w/it & attached
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> have to recreate this thing again?  Or is there another way I can fix
> it?
 
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