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Default Why do tables in Word 2003 save as Access 2003 files?

The link works fine (though I did update the header earlier to include the
Christmas logo) so you may have tried during the update. In any case itis
linked from the Word Pages of my web site.

That behaviour was associated with Word 2000. It changed with Word 2002 and
was retained with 2003. As I indicated earlier you can convert the address
list to a Word document using the old merge helper.

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HumorMe407 wrote:
Everyone, thank you for your replies. Graham, the first link in your
reply does not seem to be working.

The users that I am supporting (as I am help desk staff) claim that
this did not use to be an issue, they used to be able to create
address lists in Word 2003 using mail merge, and it saved as a Word
Doc. I wonder if this was a different version of Word, or if Office
updates changed the way some of the wizards worked?


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I have never known Word attempt to save a standard table created in
a Word document as anything other than a Word document. Check your
file save as options.

Word doesn't (by default at least) have the ability to save a
document in Access (MDB) format. The only time Word would save as
MDB format would be if you created the address list from the merge
wizard. To convert that back to a Word document you would have to
use the old Mail Merge Helper to edit the merge data file (see
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm ) then
convert the comma delimiyte file produced to a table
http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels...mail_merge.htm

I suspect what is going on here is a registration issue - repair
your Office installation and see 'How to re-register Word when
problems crop up opening files'
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



HumorMe407 wrote:
Mail Merge tables have been created before in the Word program.
However, the tables being referenced in my question are addresses,
but are not meant for mail mergers. It seems as though Word thinks
the tables are meant for mail merge and thus save as a Acccess
database. Do I have the option to just save it as a Word document?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are the "tables" created as mail merge data sources?

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"HumorMe407" wrote in
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Why are tables created in Word 2003 saving as Access 2003 database
files? It doesnt even give the option to save the file as a Word
document. Please help!