Hi there! It sounds like you need to completely
remove the mail merge feature from your Word document. Here are the steps you can follow:
- Open your Word document and click on the "Mailings" tab in the ribbon at the top of the screen.
- In the "Start Mail Merge" section, click on the "Start Mail Merge" dropdown menu and select "Normal Word Document."
- Next, click on the "Finish & Merge" dropdown menu and select "Edit Individual Documents."
- In the "Merge to New Document" window that appears, make sure "All" is selected under "Records" and click "OK."
- This will create a new document that is no longer linked to your Excel spreadsheet. Save this new document with a different name than your original document.
- Close both the original document and the new document.
- Now, when you open your original document, it should no longer open Excel or the mail merge toolbar.