MM gives me a DDE link failed with my Excel doc over 3000 lines.

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Frustrated and Impatient - 10 Nov 2005 13:23 GMT

Mail Merge issue:
I am attempting to MM a word doc using an excel doc as my data source. I
keep getting a message that the DDE link could not be established. My excel
doc is over 3000 lines. Is there a limitation in MM that keeps giving me
this answer. I have split the excel doc in two and it still gives me the
same answer, but if I only use a 20 lines or so it works great.
What am I doing wrong?

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 10 Nov 2005 18:44 GMT

See the article "Creating a Mail Merge Data Source" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/CreateADataSource.htm

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> Mail Merge issue:
> I am attempting to MM a word doc using an excel doc as my data source. I
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> same answer, but if I only use a 20 lines or so it works great.
> What am I doing wrong?

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