Thanks, Suzanne, that helps. I'm still not clear on why you'd ever want the
datasource attached once you've done the merge (this is a merged-results
document, not a merge main document), unless it actually would redo the merge
with (presumably) some difference/update in the data.

MT

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I think you're misinterpreting the message, but see "Opening This Will Run
the Following SQL Command" Message When You Open a Word Document
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825765