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Default Location of "My Data Sources"

I have used Outlook to create a file that I reference when I use Word on
specific files to access data using Mail Merge. Word attempts to access the
data via the file "My Data Sources". How can I move that file to a different
location than the default that is C:\\. . . My Documents. In other words, how
may I revise the file location of "My Data Sources" and have Word look to the
new location (same name is OK) when I attempt to change recipients? Thanks,
Dan
P.S. I apologize for the duplicate post; I failed to check "notify me of
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Default Location of "My Data Sources"

The My Data Sources is a system folder that Word first looks to when
selecting data files, (though you can add any folder to the Places bar and
select that folder)
It is only possible to change the location of My Data Sources to a different
sub folder of My Documents e.g. I have mine set as My Documents\Test. This
entails a registry change to the MyData sub key of
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon\DataServices
where 11 is the Word version (Word 2003)
Word should also automatically its data file if placed in the same folder as
the document.

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Inobugs wrote:
I have used Outlook to create a file that I reference when I use Word
on specific files to access data using Mail Merge. Word attempts to
access the data via the file "My Data Sources". How can I move that
file to a different location than the default that is C:\\. . . My
Documents. In other words, how may I revise the file location of "My
Data Sources" and have Word look to the new location (same name is
OK) when I attempt to change recipients? Thanks, Dan
P.S. I apologize for the duplicate post; I failed to check "notify me
of replies" box on my first attempt.



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