This is probably connected with the way Word 2003 connects to its data which
caused a lot of headaches when Microsoft changed things around (in Word
2002). The issues are covered at
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm and articles
linked from that page.
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Chris Clark wrote:
I have recently worked on transferring a large n umber of customers
from word 200 to word 2003.
The biggest single issue being reported is with mail merge not
working.
The first time a mail merge document is opened in 2003 the find entry
icon does not find any entries in the datasource. I have to manually
reset the datasource using the tools - mail merge wizard before this
works.
This then works fine until , an new record is added to the
datasource:-
After adding a new record from the data form , the newly added record
cannot then be found when using find entry (icon with binoculars).
The only way I can make this work if I navigate to the last record
in the datasource (i.e. the one I have just added) and then the
search will work after this for that record.
It is as if the link to the datasource is not being updated
correctly after a new record is added.
The datasource is a word document (table).
The environment is Word 2003 (sp1) running on XP professional SP1.
Has anyone experienced this problem.