Hi Felix,
If Word 2000 could do it, then chances are it was using ODBC or Word's
internal text converter. Word 2003 will use OLE DB by default, which
could explain the difference in behavior.
Try activating "Confirm conversions on open" in Tools/Options/General,
then select the data file. You should get an option to choose the data
connection method; try Word's internal text file converter.
> I am having a problem with Word 2003 when attempting to open a mail
> merge document that was created on a Mac. The document itself can be
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> file using excel or some other tool but I am looking for the seamless
> approach that I had before.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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