[Graham Mayor]

There is no reason why the Home & Student version of Word cannot do mail
merge.
What is suspect is your procedure. See
http://www.gmayor.com/merge_labels_with_word_2007.htm
If you create a list from the mailings tab and save it, it saves
automatically into the My Data Sources folder in the format filename.mdb.
This format can be attached as a data source to a Word 2007 merge.
I cannot imagine how you have got Excel involved in any of this.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Richard Cooper wrote:
I am experiencing unbelievable inconsistencies when trying a simple
mail merge of address lists to envelopes. I have 2 address lists
each containing about 50 items input from the "Type New List" option
in mail merge.

The lists do not appear on the "Browse" command and when located in
"My Data Sources" they appear in machine code. One list somehow
seems to have relocated itself into Excel but when I try to use from
this source there is a message about security issues and it won't
open. This is just a sample of the goings on.

I have concluded that the Home & Student software is simply not able
to cope with mail merge (that would be logical) - have others had
this problem and found a way round it - or do I need to upgrade my
software?