It shouldn't lose the path if the data file is in the same folder as the
document or is in the My Data Sources Folder.
Yoi can always re-attach from the merge toolbar.

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Dixie wrote:
I have a series of templates that are mailmerge main documents. Each
one has the path to the text file with the merge data set in it, just
by using the mailmerge helper.

Sometimes, when users edit these templates, the template loses the
path to the data file. Does anyone else have this happen and if so,
is there an easy fix other than using the mailmerge helper again and
reattaching the source file?