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Mail merge doesn't reflect data source changes
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I have a word 2002 mail merge letter, for which the data source is a csv text file. The data source is populated by the click of a button in a access database. Everytime you click the button the text file updates properly but the mail merge document doesn't, it appears to be stuck on the first file that it ran. Can anyone help me i really don't understand it. Thanks Gillian |
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Mail merge doesn't reflect data source changes
Changes to the data file would have to be saved before they are reflected in
a merge. Simply adding them is not sufficient. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org gdonald20 wrote: Hi I have a word 2002 mail merge letter, for which the data source is a csv text file. The data source is populated by the click of a button in a access database. Everytime you click the button the text file updates properly but the mail merge document doesn't, it appears to be stuck on the first file that it ran. Can anyone help me i really don't understand it. Thanks Gillian |
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Mail merge doesn't reflect data source changes
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Thanks for the reply. The changes to the data file are saved yet the word document only shows the correct data if you double click on the word file and open it. When you use the button in access to invoke word and the merge letter it uses data that isn't even in the data file. It's almost like it's stuck on the first data it ever had. Gillian "Graham Mayor" wrote: Changes to the data file would have to be saved before they are reflected in a merge. Simply adding them is not sufficient. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org gdonald20 wrote: Hi I have a word 2002 mail merge letter, for which the data source is a csv text file. The data source is populated by the click of a button in a access database. Everytime you click the button the text file updates properly but the mail merge document doesn't, it appears to be stuck on the first file that it ran. Can anyone help me i really don't understand it. Thanks Gillian |
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