I am trying to create a new document based on an existing template in Word
2000, but doing so gives the following error: "The query condition you are
trying to set in the query options does not match your data source."
However, this is a new document, so there is not a data source and I simply
cannot figure out what could possibly be causing this error. Any insight
would be greatly appreciated.

Posted the wrong error message above, it's actually:

"Word could not merge the main document with the data source because the
data records were empty or no data records matched your query options."

Hi ?B?WmFjaw==?=,

I am trying to create a new document based on an existing template in Word
2000, but doing so gives the following error: "The query condition you are
trying to set in the query options does not match your data source."
However, this is a new document, so there is not a data source and I simply
cannot figure out what could possibly be causing this error. Any insight
would be greatly appreciated.

Try this

OPEN the template (use File/Open). go to Tools/Mail Merge and in the first
step, select "Restore to normal Word document". Save, close, then try again.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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