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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / January 2005Office 2003 mail merge mangle?
I got along quite happily with mail merge using Access queries under Office 2000. Now I have (expensively) downgraded to Office 2003 and am unable to connect to the data source queries, unable to find an instructive description of the changes to mail merge or useful help information and damn certain there'll be no refund for inferior software. Is there a solution (not another workround !) or are they loosing it even more/caring even less? The default way Word connects to data has been changed, but the old method remains - http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm should put you back in touch with the familiar.  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > I got along quite happily with mail merge using Access queries under > Office 2000. Now I have (expensively) downgraded to Office 2003 and am [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > software. Is there a solution (not another workround !) or are they > loosing it even more/caring even less? From the Tools menu, select Options and then go to the General tab and check the box against the "Confirm conversions at open item." After doing that, when you attach the data source, you will be asked which connection method you want to use. The DDE option will probably be the one that you want. To gain more control over the mail merge process, select Toolbars from the View menu and check the Mailmerge item. Then use the mailmerge toolbar. SignaturePlease respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP >I got along quite happily with mail merge using Access queries under > Office 2000. Now I have (expensively) downgraded to Office 2003 and am [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > software. Is there a solution (not another workround !) or are they > loosing it even more/caring even less? |
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