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Default Dynamically setting the path to the data source

It might be simpler to move the data file to the same folder as the merge
document. It should find it there no matter where it was added from.

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Microsoft Newsserver wrote:
Thanks for your reply Doug. I've been reading that article which looks
promising, however as I understand it the Find&Replace dialog lets you
replace text in the document. I can't see how to use the Find&Replace
to replace the stored location of the data source - the only way I
know how to change this is to either use the Mail Merge Wizard at
step 3 or click "Open Data Source" on the Mail Merge toolbar.

If there's another way to set this I'd love to know.

Many thanks,
Andrew


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
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Using a modification of the code in the article "Find & ReplaceAll
on a batch of documents in the same folder" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/BatchFR.htm

you could attach the new data source to each of the mail merge main
letters.


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Hope this helps.


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"Andrew Duncan" wrote in message
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Does anyone know of a way to dynamically set the path to the data
source for a Word 2003 mail merge letter? For example if you had 50
letters all pointing to a data source at:

C:\datasource.csv

is there an easy way to change it to find the datasource at:

D:\datasource.csv

without having to change it for each of the 50 letters?

Thanks,
Andrew