[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I am not sure what is going on there because when I create such a datasource
(*.xslx) and attach it to a mail merge main document and then click on the
State pulldown, I see

Sort Ascending
Sord Descending
(All)
(CA)
(VA)
(NY)
etc.
(Blanks)
(Nonblanks)
(Advanced...)

If you want to send me a copy of the data source, I will take a look and see
if I can see what is causing the problem.

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Hope this helps

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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"Tammy" wrote in message
...
Hi - I am trying to do an email mail merge through Word 2007. My data
source
is an Excel file.

I'd like to filter the list of recipients so that only a specific group
receives the email - pretty easy stuff. The problem is that, in the Mail
Merge Recipients dialog box, when I click the column heading down arrow to
choose what I'd like to filter, there are no choices. I can see the usual
choices of: All, Blanks, Nonblanks, and Advanced - just not the values
from
the column in the Excel file. The column does contain different data (for
example - the states of NY, NH, CT, etc), just not sure why I can't see
them
in the list to filter. I hope I have explained that well enough - any
suggestions on why Word would not display the choices? Thanks so much!