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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 replies" box on my first attempt. |
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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. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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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