If it's actually a .mdb it is 2003 oriented - Access 2007 uses a different
OOXML extension altogether (.accdb). It sounds more like the systems "at
work" don't have Access or a suitable alternative. Word can't open the data
file - it relies on the availability of the associated application to run in
the background (unless the data is in a Word or text format).
Use Access to export the table/query as a text file... Or better yet, do the
merge yourself as a new Word file saved as a .doc & send them the finished
product. You can actually d the merge from within Word or from Access.
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 6/6/08 9:39 AM, in article
, "Anthony"
wrote:
I currently use my personal laptop at work. The issue we have run into is
that I have Office 2007 and work has Office 2003. I created a Word document
and have been saving the Word Document as a 97-03 or whatever file.
The thing is that when I email the mail merge forms (the .doc and .mdb)
files to work computers, the mdb file will not load in Word. I think it may
have to do with the fact that the mdb file is 07 oriented and 03 Word doesn't
know what to do with it...
any suggestions?