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Sarah - 07 Sep 2005 16:55 GMT

My company recently got Office 2003. In the previous version of Word, I was
able to view the data source when merging documents by going into the main
document and clicking a button. Now it looks as though in order to view and
edit the data source, you have to go into it by clicking the Open Data Source
button and browsing to it. I work in a large company and don't want our
users to have to do that. Is there a simple way to locate and edit the data
source, similar to how it was done in Word 2000? Thanks!

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Doug Robbins - 07 Sep 2005 19:18 GMT

You can restore the mailmerge helper that was the user interface before Word
XP by selecting customize from the Tools menu and then on the Commands tab,
select the All Commands category and scroll down through the list of
commands until you locate the Mail Merge Helper item and then click and drag
it onto a toolbar or the expanded tools menu.

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> My company recently got Office 2003. In the previous version of Word, I
> was
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> source, similar to how it was done in Word 2000? Thanks!

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