You can only use that button to edit an Access data source if it happens to
be an "Office Address List", which is an Access database in a very specific
format.

The simplest thing to do is open the database separately using Access and do
your edits there.

Peter Jamieson
"Snazbaz" wrote in message
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I am using Office 2003 on Windows XP. When I do a mail merge from Word, and
select Mail Merge Recipients from the mail merge toolbar, a window opens
that brings up a list of records in my Access database. From here I can
choose who I want to include in my mail merge by ticking the records I
want.
However the edit record box is greyed out and I am unable to edit or
delete
any records without actually going into the Access database separately.
Can
anyone help please?