Yes, you could combine the two main documents into one.

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"A" wrote in message
...
I use the same data source for 2 slightly different mail merge documents.
How can I access the data to edit information while both documents are
opened? I get an error msg stating the data base engine failed. I find
that
I have to close one of the merged documents in order to edit the other,
even
though both use the same data source. How do I work around this?? Can I
have
multiple different pages to my document and still use and edit the date
source??

please advise ASAP, driving me crazy

Annie