BatteryMan,
Did you installed the updates from MS that were released around 4/12/06? For
many individuals, they have caused some of their programs to not work
properly, or as they did before the installation. You might consider, before
needing to rebuild your database. To uninstall these updates one at a time.
And then see if you get the function back. Then just reinstall the updates
that don't seem to be causing trouble.

MS is aware that these updates have caused some problems. And may be working
on a solution.

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Have A Good Day
Rich/rerat

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"Peter Jamieson" wrote in message
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Does it work with any data source (e.g. if you create a completely new data
source in Word or Excel? Or is it just
a. Excel data sources in general (in which case I would consider trying a
Check and repair in Excel)
b. your Excel document (in which case you may have to rebuild it from
scratch)

Peter Jamieson

"BatteryMan" wrote in message
...
i have always been able to filter my excel lists in mail merge by clicking
on
the arrow next to the column heading in view Mail Merge Recipients. All
of a
sudden, i am not able to click on the arrows. It does nothing. I am also
not able to click on the column heading to sort by that column. Does
anyone
have any idea what has happened, or how to fix it ???