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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / June 2004Create Data Source
What template does Word use to create the default data source table for mail merges? Can I edit it or create another template for Merge to use? Steve What have you in mind? Current versions of Word use a table in a document based on normal.dot. Older versions create a comma delimited document also based on normal.dot. The format of the data source document is irrelevant as long as it contains the required fields.  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< > What template does Word use to create the default data source table > for mail merges? > > Can I edit it or create another template for Merge to use? > > Steve > What have you in mind? > Current versions of Word use a table in a document based on normal.dot. > Older versions create a comma delimited document also based on normal.dot. > The format of the data source document is irrelevant as long as it contains > the required fields. I'm using Word 2000. The current default table gives me loads of fields I never use and doesn't contain ones I frequently use. I'd like to save myself the bother of having to rename various fields when I use the Create Data Source option. Steve Simply create a table with as many columns as you want fields. Name the fields on the top row and insert the data as appropriately. Use that table as a data source. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< >> What have you in mind? >> Current versions of Word use a table in a document based on [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Steve Hi Graham, > Current versions of Word use a table in a document based on normal.dot. Current versions of Word create Access *.mdb tables. As in Word 2002 and Word 2003. Cindy Meister |
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