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How to Edit Old Database (.doc) in Word 2007
I have several old databases created using Word 2003 mail merge, they are
(.doc) files. I need to edit the information contained in these files but cannot find the update database button and opening the data file only shows me some of the information. How do I edit the data in Word 2007? Does Word 2007 use a different file format for databases? Can data be imported into Word 2007? What format should it be saved in? |
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How to Edit Old Database (.doc) in Word 2007
It is not clear what you are trying to do. Word doc format can be opened
directly in Word 2007? However all the earlier merge tools are still available in Word 2007, even down to the MailMerge Helper from (say) Word 2000. The Edit Recipient List tool is on the mailings toolbar and you have to select the Data Source in the bottom window of that dialog for the edit tools to become available. Word will work with a variety of data formats, but it is probably happiest using a Word table. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org TonyB wrote: I have several old databases created using Word 2003 mail merge, they are (.doc) files. I need to edit the information contained in these files but cannot find the update database button and opening the data file only shows me some of the information. How do I edit the data in Word 2007? Does Word 2007 use a different file format for databases? Can data be imported into Word 2007? What format should it be saved in? |
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How to Edit Old Database (.doc) in Word 2007
Recent versions of Word, by default, create a mail merge data source in a
format that is not directly editable in Word (based on an Access file format, I believe); it can be edited only using the clumsy tools provided by Word for editing one record at a time. For that reason I prefer to create my data sources manually in Word (as a table) or Excel. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It is not clear what you are trying to do. Word doc format can be opened directly in Word 2007? However all the earlier merge tools are still available in Word 2007, even down to the MailMerge Helper from (say) Word 2000. The Edit Recipient List tool is on the mailings toolbar and you have to select the Data Source in the bottom window of that dialog for the edit tools to become available. Word will work with a variety of data formats, but it is probably happiest using a Word table. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org TonyB wrote: I have several old databases created using Word 2003 mail merge, they are (.doc) files. I need to edit the information contained in these files but cannot find the update database button and opening the data file only shows me some of the information. How do I edit the data in Word 2007? Does Word 2007 use a different file format for databases? Can data be imported into Word 2007? What format should it be saved in? |
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How to Edit Old Database (.doc) in Word 2007
True, but that's not the full story. You can still (even in 2007) use the
mail merge helper which will convert the mdb file to a Word document (a table in Word 2007) which can be edited in Word like any other table. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Recent versions of Word, by default, create a mail merge data source in a format that is not directly editable in Word (based on an Access file format, I believe); it can be edited only using the clumsy tools provided by Word for editing one record at a time. For that reason I prefer to create my data sources manually in Word (as a table) or Excel. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It is not clear what you are trying to do. Word doc format can be opened directly in Word 2007? However all the earlier merge tools are still available in Word 2007, even down to the MailMerge Helper from (say) Word 2000. The Edit Recipient List tool is on the mailings toolbar and you have to select the Data Source in the bottom window of that dialog for the edit tools to become available. Word will work with a variety of data formats, but it is probably happiest using a Word table. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org TonyB wrote: I have several old databases created using Word 2003 mail merge, they are (.doc) files. I need to edit the information contained in these files but cannot find the update database button and opening the data file only shows me some of the information. How do I edit the data in Word 2007? Does Word 2007 use a different file format for databases? Can data be imported into Word 2007? What format should it be saved in? |
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How to Edit Old Database (.doc) in Word 2007
Ah, interesting. Not an issue here, however, since I use Word/Excel tables
to begin with. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... True, but that's not the full story. You can still (even in 2007) use the mail merge helper which will convert the mdb file to a Word document (a table in Word 2007) which can be edited in Word like any other table. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Recent versions of Word, by default, create a mail merge data source in a format that is not directly editable in Word (based on an Access file format, I believe); it can be edited only using the clumsy tools provided by Word for editing one record at a time. For that reason I prefer to create my data sources manually in Word (as a table) or Excel. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It is not clear what you are trying to do. Word doc format can be opened directly in Word 2007? However all the earlier merge tools are still available in Word 2007, even down to the MailMerge Helper from (say) Word 2000. The Edit Recipient List tool is on the mailings toolbar and you have to select the Data Source in the bottom window of that dialog for the edit tools to become available. Word will work with a variety of data formats, but it is probably happiest using a Word table. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org TonyB wrote: I have several old databases created using Word 2003 mail merge, they are (.doc) files. I need to edit the information contained in these files but cannot find the update database button and opening the data file only shows me some of the information. How do I edit the data in Word 2007? Does Word 2007 use a different file format for databases? Can data be imported into Word 2007? What format should it be saved in? |
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