As I am not very literate in the use of Microsoft's mail merging, I am going
to try to explain my problem as best as I can.  Here it goes:

I am attempting to perform a mail merge in Word 2000.  I go to Tools / Mail
Merge, then choose document type = mailing labels, then I get a dialogue box
that instructs me to open data source with two options (1) merge from
address book and (2) Merge information from another type of file.  I choose
2.  I then attempt to open my Excel file and get a dialogue box that asks if
I want to use the entries in the first row of your data as field names.  I
choose "yes".  Note:  The first row is the basic "First Name, Last Name,
Firm Name, Address 1, Address 2, City, State and Zip".  Then I get a
dialogue box that says the data source has more than one worksheet or table
(? why, I don't really know) and instructs me to type the name of the
worksheet or table.  I type sheet1 (as I know this is the name of the
worksheet?) and hit okay.  I then get a dialogue box that says Word needs to
set up the merge document.  I go to set-up and choose my label.  However,
when I try to insert fields, all the field names are "NoName NoName1
NoName2, etc.? It gets more interesting.  I close out of the dialogue box
and go to the Mail Merge Helper.  My datasource now is listed as
C:\Windows\Temp\PJ23077.mbd.  I then try the "get data" button again and
open data source.  However, under File Types, I have no option for a MS
Excel file or a *.xls?  When I choose the  "all files" options under Header
Options / Open, I get an "Open Document in Workbook and have different
options such as "Entire Workbook, Sheet 1, etc., Name or Cell Range and a
check box for "Format Mail Merge".  Whatever I choose I get the error
"unrecognized database format"?

I would appreciate any suggestions and I really apologize for the length of
this letter. Thank You