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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / November 2005trouble importing excel files into the word mailmerge
I have Windows XP and MS Office 2000 Premium. I have completed the mail merge before, but was from a spreadsheet that someone else had sent to me. When trying to import the data it says that it can't be imported due to improper format. What format does it have to be in? Probably a stupid question, but not getting it... See the article "Creating a Mail Merge Data Source" at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/CreateADataSource.htm  SignatureHope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP >I have Windows XP and MS Office 2000 Premium. I have completed the mail >merge [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > format. What format does it have to be in? Probably a stupid question, but > not getting it... I read the selection that you provided, but it does not go into the format that you must save the file in excel in for it to be accessible to word. My problem is not how to set up the new document. It is that once it has been properly set up that it won't be imported into Word "due to improper format". It suggests downloading the new file from the original set up disc, but wouldn't pull the file it needed out. >See the article "Creating a Mail Merge Data Source" at: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> format. What format does it have to be in? Probably a stupid question, but >> not getting it... HI - I'm not an MVP....but I've done a lot of mail merges with Excel as the file containing my data. I save the Excel file as .xls. When I get to the step where I specify the input file, I browse to the file and select it. I don't use the Import capability at all. Myrna > I read the selection that you provided, but it does not go into the format > that you must save the file in excel in for it to be accessible to word. My [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >> format. What format does it have to be in? Probably a stupid question, but > >> not getting it... Thanks for the information, Myrna. I am afraid that it is a program file that I was missing when the original MS Office was installed. I think that I have bigger problems, since my disc drives are not responding either. I am moving on. Thanks for all your help. >HI - I'm not an MVP....but I've done a lot of mail merges with Excel as the >file containing my data. I save the Excel file as .xls. When I get to the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >> format. What format does it have to be in? Probably a stupid question, but >> >> not getting it... |
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