We use the Word XP Insert Address Button to insert an address from
Outlook 2002 Contacts folder.  The contacts folder is sorted by last
name, first name.  When we choose the Insert Address button, and
choose Contacts, it shows the names listed by first name and then last

Sorry the subject line wasn't more descriptive.
I've got a two up postcard where the records have to stay
in a very specific order. The records are in a txt file
and are sorted correctly, but I would like to make a neat

How is an ODC File made, what are the steps and in what
program is it made?

We are using Word XP and Outlook 2002 with Exchange.  We created a
number of Word Merge documents that we merge with Contacts in various
Contact folders in Outlook.
Below are our steps.

We have recently upgraded to Office 2003. We have a
mailmerge that has been using an Access query as the data
source for a couple of years. When I try to establish the
new data source location for the merge document, it only

After a mail merge, I need to edit a letter. After I make
the chnage and hit enter, it takes anywhere from 5-30
seconds for the change to take effect. Why so long?
Bob

I have a form letter with hyperlinks that I merged to
Email, setting as HTML.  The problem is the hyperlinks are
no longer valid. I noticed if I create the merge as Plain
Text, the hyperlinks remain, but I loose the formatting of

When attaching a document in word, the person who opens
it finds that the margins change for them. They claim
they are using the same ver. of word, 2000.

Hi!
I'm having a small problem with a mail merge for my company's mas
mailing. The Word merge printed only 800 of a total of 2000 records fo
one of the deals we send out. A few of the other deals were missing

I'm trying to merge a document that I have previously used
and I'm getting the following error:
(Word could not re-establish a DDE Connection to Microsoft
Excell to complete the current task.)

I am trying to do a mail merge with Word 2000 and Excel 2000. When I do the merge the zip codes all have a decimal point and an extra zero on the end. How do I fix this without having to change each individual record
Thank you for any help that you can give me.

I am using word 2002.sp2.  We have a number of word.dot templates which use
fill-in fields to complete the letters. The templates are only used once, so
we don't do an actual mail merge with a database of records or names and
addresses. Will the ASK field work with this type of ...

On the tools menu, mail merge is listed humdreds of times.  How do i delete these extra listings?

I just got a call from one of our techs and they are
having problems doing a merge at a clients.  The client
has just upgraded from Office 2000 to Office XP - unsure
of operating system.  When they mail merge on an old

During enhancement of part of our UK system we have changed some merge fields (Access -> Word).
Included in these is are Access Date/Time Fields.
You know what I'm going to say, that the dates (being in UK) are appearing in Word as MM/dd/yyyy instead of dd/MM/yyyy. The dates within ...