[Lee]

How do you make the Access database an Office Address List? If I were to
start from scratch, how does Word recognize any database as an Office Address
List?

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

Broadly speaking the situation I described earlier is what I've found to be
the case here. If the connection isn't DDE and Word doesn'tthink the
database is an Office Address List then I guess there must be other
circumstances in which the Edit button is enabled, but if so, I don't know
what they are. Could be something to do with exclusive/non-exclusive access?

Peter Jamieson
"Lee" wrote in message
...
Thank you for responding so quickly. I have multiple Access databases I
use
for different mail merge letters. One of the Access databases allows me
to
edit the recipients list without any problem, the edit button is not grey
and
I can edit the address fields without going into Access. The other Access
database will allow me to edit if I open it up via the DDE option. When I
do
this, the edit button is no longer grey but it takes me into the Access
database to make edits. Why does one database allow me to edit and not
open
the Access database and the other one will not open without using the DDE
option and then it goes into Access?

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

Word 2002/2003 will only let you edit recipients in Access tables in the
Edit Recipients dialog box if the Access database has a special structure
that Microsoft calls an "Office Address List". If your Access database
isn't
one of those, you have to open Access separately and edit the data in
there.
You /may/ be able to "refresh" Word's view of the data in the Edit
Recipients dialog box using the appropriate key.

Peter Jamieson
"Lee" wrote in message
...
I am trying to edit a recipient's data using Access as my data source.
The
Edit button is greyed out. How do I edit the recipient?