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gis - 14 Dec 2005 00:33 GMT

Word 2000 allows you to view the data source under the edit data source
button. How do you do this in Word 2003?
(we view data source...then print it & template for records)

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 14 Dec 2005 05:02 GMT

Use a Directory type mailmerge main document in which you have the
mergefields in the cells of a one row table. When you execute that merge to
a new document it will contain a row of data for each record in the data
source.

From the View menu, select Toolbars and then check the Mail Merge toolbar.
The third button from the left hand end of that toolbar will let you view
the datasource.

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> Word 2000 allows you to view the data source under the edit data source
> button. How do you do this in Word 2003?
> (we view data source...then print it & template for records)

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Snazbaz - 23 Jan 2006 22:27 GMT

That works for me, but the Edit button is greyed out so that I cannot edit
any of the records. Can you help please?

> Use a Directory type mailmerge main document in which you have the
> mergefields in the cells of a one row table. When you execute that merge to
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> > button. How do you do this in Word 2003?
> > (we view data source...then print it & template for records)

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 24 Jan 2006 05:01 GMT

Execute the merge to a new document and then edit that.

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> That works for me, but the Edit button is greyed out so that I cannot edit
> any of the records. Can you help please?
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>> > button. How do you do this in Word 2003?
>> > (we view data source...then print it & template for records)

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Snazbaz - 24 Jan 2006 19:17 GMT

OK, many thanks.

> Execute the merge to a new document and then edit that.
>
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> >> > button. How do you do this in Word 2003?
> >> > (we view data source...then print it & template for records)

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