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Ok, clear on that. Thanks for the answer. I already thought though that
this was the way it works but some "mail merge" users in my company
claim that opening an excel file, when in use for a mail merge, was not
a problem in the past (using former versions of Office and the
DDE-method). Are they kidding me?

No, they're correct. It's a function of how Word is connecting. You can
always go back to using DDE instead of OLE DB (the new default), as long
as your installation supports it. (Some simply can't work with the DDE
anymore, but it's a lottery.)

You'll find instructions on how to change connection methods in the Word
2002/2003 section of my website's mail merge FAQ.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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