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Nityeshwari Nityeshwari is offline
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Default Word stops working when I attempt to do mass Mailings

Pete: I will leave it at that - i don't have the level of expertise to tread
this road
It is possible one of the unending upgrades from Microsoft has changed
something in my Word - as I said it was working just fine

Thanks for your help
Nityeshwari
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"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

The option describes the risk better than I could, and only you can decide-)

Just in case there is any confusion, I do not work for Microsoft.

Here, I wouldn't have too much problem changing that option for the purposes
of testing. Generally speaking,
a. I'd rather be disconnected from the Internet while doing so, which does
not necessarily make for a good test in this case
b. I'd try to avoid opening any other documents in any Office application
while testing
c. I'd try harder than usual not to forget to re-introduce my previous
setting afterwards.

-
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Nityeshwari" wrote in message
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Peter: Is there any risk in my disabling the VBA? if there isn't i might
as
well try it. Please enlighten me on this one.
Thanks,
Nityeshwari
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"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

Thanks - I'll pass this info. on.

Not sure what the Word VBA is

I mean Word's "built-in" programmaing language, VBA. Although it doesn't
actually use the term "VBA" in there, in Word 2007 this setting is in
Word-Office Button-Word Options-Trust Center-Trust Center
Settings-Macro Settings.

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Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Nityeshwari" wrote in message
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Hi Peter!

a. Yes I keep Office fully up-to-date by the Automatic Upgrades
Feature.
b. I am using Word 2007 (12.0.6311. 5000) SPI MSO (12.0.6213.1000) [c]
2006

I always as a rule save all documents in the previous version so as to
not
create conflict with other users with whom i share files. So that one
is
taken care of.

Not sure what the Word VBA is, but since you do not recommend it -
still,
could you please lead me to a link where I can learn about the Word
VBA?

Thank You!!
Nityeshwari
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Meanwhile,
a. do you keep Office fully up-to-date via Windows/Microsoft update
or
another mechanism?
b. can you please provide the full Word version details as reported
in
Word-Office Button-Word Options-Resources-About ?
c. others have reported that the following things may help:
- save your mail merge main document before you start the merge
- save the mail merge main document as a Word 97-2003 compatible
document (old .doc format) before you start the merge
- both of the above, and ensure that no "Word 2007" format
documents
are
open when you start the merge (i.e. .docx/.dotm etc.)
- (and although I cannot recommend it, some people report that
relaxing
the Word VBA security settings may make a difference. That could well
be
true, but I have to say I doubt that it is a factor in this case)

--
Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

"Nityeshwari" wrote in message
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Thanks!
I did move up to the more expensive commercial packages where Port
25 -as
they explained to me- is opened. I was told I could send 500 emails
max
a
day
which is more than enough for my needs.

Then I was able to do the Mailings for two or three months, no
problem.
It
just started acting up.

I will call the IPS provider thought and see if they can help me -
Thanks for your time and help...

Nityeshwari
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"Rich/rerat" wrote:

Nityeshwari,
Check with your ISP/Mail service, they may limit the number of
recipients
on
a single message, or the amount of bandwidth you can send using
your
email
account per event or day. Many limit to 25 or less, the number of
recipients
you can have on a single message.

You may have to upgrade to one of their commercial packages.

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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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Which Word version?
What *exactly* are your trying to do and at *exactly* what point
does
it
stop?
What do you mean by "Word just won't save the recipients to
Outlook"?
Are
you trying to merge to e-mail?
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Nityeshwari wrote:
Hi! I use Windows Vista Home Premium - From one day to the next,
Word
stops responding when I attempt to do mass Mailings - it just
stops!

Has anybody experienced this problem? Word just won't save the
recipients to Outlook and it is very frustrating.

Any suggestion will be appreciated.