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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / January 2006Edit recipient list
I seem to have lost the Address List dialog box! When I use the Edit Recipient List link, click on the Edit button nothing happens. I believe I should get the Address List dialog box but nothing appears, is there something wrong with my copy of Word 2003. Any advice appreciated. Hi =?Utf-8?B?Sm9hbm5l?=, > I seem to have lost the Address List dialog box! > When I use the Edit Recipient List link, click on the Edit button nothing > happens. I believe I should get the Address List dialog box but nothing > appears, is there something wrong with my copy of Word 2003. This depends on how you created the recipient list, to begin with, and what you may have done to it since it was created? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Cindy Thank you for your reply. I am using an Excel Spreadsheet created in 2000 but currently being used in 2003. in Mail Merge in 2000 I was always able to edit the list from within the Mail Merge but now I am using 2003 the Edit Recipient link seems not to work. Are you suggesting this link only works on data sources created within the Mail Merge and not with those created as stand alone data sources? > Hi =?Utf-8?B?Sm9hbm5l?=, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or > reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Hi =?Utf-8?B?Sm9hbm5l?=, > I am using an Excel Spreadsheet created in 2000 but currently being used in > 2003. in Mail Merge in 2000 I was always able to edit the list from within > the Mail Merge but now I am using 2003 the Edit Recipient link seems not to > work. Are you suggesting this link only works on data sources created within > the Mail Merge and not with those created as stand alone data sources? that's basically correct. It can be used with Word tables and text data sources, as well. But not for external sources. In Office 2000, the default connection method for Excel (and Access) was DDE. This started up the actual application, so all the button had to do was bring that window to the front. In Office 2002/2003 the default connection method is OLE DB, which operates independent of the application interface (as a matter of fact, Excel doesn't even have to be installed on the machine). So it's no longer a matter of bringing the application window to the front. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Thank you Cindy Do you know if there is a way around this issue besides opening the original document and editing it before the merge begins as this would seem long winded. Have just upgraded to 2003 and have most data sources (word tables and excel spreads) already created in 2000. > Hi =?Utf-8?B?Sm9hbm5l?=, > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Hi =?Utf-8?B?Sm9hbm5l?=, > Do you know if there is a way around this issue besides opening the original > document and editing it before the merge begins as this would seem long > winded. Have just upgraded to 2003 and have most data sources (word tables > and excel spreads) already created in 2000. Other than retyping the data source? No, I know of no alternative. Although I'd the Edit button to work with a Word table (it certainly does here). Theoretically you could copy the Excel data to Word documents and use those as the data sources (as long as there aren't more than 63 columns). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Thank you for your help much appreciated > Hi =?Utf-8?B?Sm9hbm5l?=, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply > in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
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