Word needs something to use as column headers, so either you have to add a
row to the datasource to contain them or use a header file.

--
Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be
interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid
consulting basis.

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pam" wrote in message
om...
How can I merge a letter with a excel data source where the first row
is data, not a header row. I have unchecked the box (First row of
data contains column headers, however, that did not change and Word
used the first row as column headers.