"merge options are grayed out"

If this is on the merge toolbar, you may not have a database selected. Can
you attach a data file?
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"Pat B" wrote in message
news
It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it doesn't
show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I have to do
anything
special to make it show up? I will try again at home as that setup is
likely
to be less complicated than the one at work in terms of where the
templates
are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder? Are
you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document protected?



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"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
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I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document in an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to
activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist? Not sure
what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as in both
2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...