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Carol R. Carol R. is offline
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Default Word not saving my data source

I don't see the SQL message all the time. I tried to read through that
article to make the registry change but it didn't make any sense to me. And
yes, I am saving after I attach the data source and it still somehow manages
to "lose" my datasource. This is very annoying! Thanks for your help and I
will appreciate any other suggestions you may have.

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

If you are seeing the SQL message, that is a good sign because it means that
a data source /is/ attached. I suggest you make the registry change
suggested in the article to make that message disappear, then see how things
go.

Are you definitely saving the mail merge main document after you have
attached the data source to it (obvious question, I know...)


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"Carol R." wrote in message
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It's the 2007 version, and sometimes I get the message "Opening this will
run the following SQL command", but sometimes I don't. What am I doing
wrong?

"Peter Jamieson" wrote:

Which version of Word, and are you seeing a message like "Opening this
will
run the following SQL command" ? If so, the following article may help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765/en-us

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"Carol R." wrote in message
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I have this letter I use that is merged with an excel database, but
every
time I open the letter I have to re-assign my data source. Shouldn't
it
be
saving this information so I don't have to keep linking the letter to
the
database every time I open the file?