Ok. I saved the Word using Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95-RTF format, then opened
that file in Notepad. And I am still looking for the chunk of text you
described.
Also, I completely closed out of Excel and Word, then opened Windows Task
Manager. However, I did not see Start - Run. What I saw was the following
tabs: Applications, Processes, Performance, and Networking. Then on the
tollbar there were the following titles: File, Options, View, Help. Not
seeing a start option I looked under the Processes tab and did not see
anything with EXCEL.EXE. However once I open Excel and Word back up then I
see an option for EXCEL.EXE.
Then I created a new Word mail merge document from scratch. However, when I
try connecting it to the data source I want, the excel 2009 Feb file, it
comes up with the same result, the 2008 data. The file I have been trying to
merge is a Word Feb 2009 file and an Excel Feb 2009 file, but when I take my
May 2009 Word file and merge it with the May 2009 Excel file I have no issues
like I do with the Feb 2009 file. And the process I used is the same process
described earlier.
"Peter Jamieson" wrote:
OK, that's surprising as I have a Web Page option here.
But if you can save using Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95-RTF format, then open /that
file in Notepad and look for a chunk of text that starts with
{\*\mmodso{\mmodsosrc
and post (say) the two lines of text that follow that here, that may help.
A couple of other things you could look at:
a. close all copies of Word and Excel. Then open Windows Task Manager (e.g.
Start-Run, type "taskmgr" without the quotes, and have a look in the list
of Procceses. Do you see EXCEL.EXE in the list? If so, consider ending the
process (but onlyif you feel comfortable doing that).
b. create a completely new Word mail merge document and try connecting it
to the data source that you want. Does it behave the same way? (Doug may
already have suggested that one).
--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
"Courtney" wrote in message
...
The "save as type" file options I was given are as follows:
Word Document
XML Document
Single File Webpage
Web Page, Filtered
Document Template
Rich Text Format
Plain Text
Word 2007 Document
Word 2007 Macro-Enabled Document
Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95-RTF
Works 6.0 & 7.0
I clicked on the Web Page option since that was closest to what you
described. After going trough the steps you described I went through the
mail merge process like previously listed and the result did not change.
"Peter Jamieson" wrote:
It's helpful if you can provide more information than "that didn't work."
We
are not looking over your shoulder!
e.g. what "save as type" file types do you see in this dialog box? Or
maybe
you do not even see that dropdown?
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Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
"Courtney" wrote in message
...
Sorry, this did not work either.
"Peter Jamieson" wrote:
To save as HTML you should be able to select "Web Page (*.htm,
*.html)"
in
the "Save as type" dropdown in the Save As dialog box.
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Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
"Courtney" wrote in message
...
I tried the file save as method. However, I do not get an option to
save
it
as an HTML format.
Here is what happened.
First I opened the Word document.
Then I clicked on Tools, Letters & Mailings, Mail Merge.
Then the mail merge menu on the right side of the screen comes up
and
at
the
bottom I click on Next: Starting Document
Then I click on Next: Select Recipients
Then I click on Browse and select my 2009 file. Then word opens the
excel
document with the 2009 data.
Then the Confirm Data Source box pops up and I click on the MS Excel
Worksheet via DDE (*.xls)
Then in the Microsoft Excel Named or Cell Range box I click on the
Print_Area option then click ok. Prior to opening anything in my
excel
file
I have set the print area with no hidden rows or columns.
Then the Mail Merge Recipients box pops up and this is where I stop
because
I can see it contains the wrong data, the data from the 2008 file.
"Peter Jamieson" wrote:
It did not work.
OK, if you can describe what happened, that might be useful. But if
not,
there's another thing we can try...
Open your mail merge main document and use File-Save As to save
the
file
in
HTML format. Then open the .htm file using e.g. Notepad and look
for a
chunk
of text that starts with this (it should be fairly near the top of
the
file):
w:MailMergeMainDocType
Then copy/paste, say, the next 20 lines into a message in this
conversation.
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Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
"Courtney" wrote in message
...
Peter, Yes the 2008 and 2009 sheets are definitely different
files.
I
went
into the Word VBA and copy/paste the info given. It did not
work.
I
should
have mentioned earlier I am working with Office Word 2003.
"Peter Jamieson" wrote:
Which version of Word/Excel?
Are the 2008 and 2009 sheets definitely different files and not
two
worksheets in the same workbook?
With your mailmerge main document open, can you go into Word
VBA,
open
the
Immediate panel if it is not displayed (e.g. press ctrl-G in the
VBA
editor)
and type the following commands, and copy/paste the output in a
message
in
this conversation:
print activedocument.mailmerge.datasource.name
print activedocument.mailmerge.datasource.connectstring
print activedocument.mailmerge.datasource.querystring
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Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
"Courtney" wrote in message
...
I am having issues with the mail merge pulling in the wrong
excel
data.
In
the mail merge menu I browse for and select a 2009 file. When
the
mail
merge
automatically opens the file in excel it opens the correct
file,
2009.
However when it gets to the step of selecting a named or cell
range
I
select
I am getting a range for the 2008 file and not the 2009 file.
Does anyone have any ideas why it is pulling the 2008 file and
not
the
2009
file?