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ibexx - 20 Dec 2005 13:46 GMT

Office 2000 small business, Windows XP Pro: I am trying to create Avery 8160
lables in WORD form an Excel database. . My sequence in WORD is as follows.
Tools>Mail Merge>Create Main Document>Mailing Lables> Active Window>Get
Data>Open Data Source. When I get to into folder that contains the .xls file
the only files listed in that folder are WORD files. When I click on the File
Type drop down menu at the botton of the OPEN DATA SOURCE window, the only
options I have are "All Word Documents", "Word documents", "Web pages", "Rich
text format", "Text files and "MS Access databases" (for what it's worth I
don't even have M.S.Access but I do have Excel.). There is no "All Files" or
"Excel
databases" option. I have done this successfully in the past with Office 2000
and XP Pro but it is not working now. I have not changed software or
computer or anything elsw I am aware of since this worked last Help

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Graham Mayor - 20 Dec 2005 14:00 GMT

It is possible that the Excel filter has been removed by a security update.
You can add it again - linked from the downloads page of my web site,

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> Office 2000 small business, Windows XP Pro: I am trying to create
> Avery 8160 lables in WORD form an Excel database. . My sequence in
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> software or computer or anything elsw I am aware of since this worked
> last Help

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ibexx - 20 Dec 2005 14:36 GMT

Graham,
Thanks for your reply. What is the section of your download page and title
of the suggested download?

> It is possible that the Excel filter has been removed by a security update.
> You can add it again - linked from the downloads page of my web site,
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> > software or computer or anything elsw I am aware of since this worked
> > last Help

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Graham Mayor - 20 Dec 2005 14:50 GMT

Would you believe Excel Converter for Word?
http://www.gmayor.com/Zips/Excel32.zip

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> Graham,
> Thanks for your reply. What is the section of your download page and
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>>> software or computer or anything elsw I am aware of since this
>>> worked last Help

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ibexx - 20 Dec 2005 15:17 GMT

That converter file already exists in the Program Files\.....\TextConv folder

> Would you believe Excel Converter for Word?
> http://www.gmayor.com/Zips/Excel32.zip
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> >>> software or computer or anything elsw I am aware of since this
> >>> worked last Help

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Graham Mayor - 21 Dec 2005 06:40 GMT

Is it the *same* version of the file? If not use the one linked from my web
site and save the one on your PC elsewhere while you see if it works for
you.

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> That converter file already exists in the Program
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>>>>> changed software or computer or anything elsw I am aware of since
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ibexx - 21 Dec 2005 20:20 GMT

Same version, same date

> Is it the *same* version of the file? If not use the one linked from my web
> site and save the one on your PC elsewhere while you see if it works for
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> >>>>> changed software or computer or anything elsw I am aware of since
> >>>>> this worked last Help

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