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Mail merge form does not retain link to Excel data file
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I'd be very grateful if anyone can shed some light on this error... I have set up a mail merge form which gets its data from an excel sheet. It all works fine except that I each time I open the mail merge form it doesn't have a link to the data file - nearly all the buttons on the mail merge toolbar, apart from two, are greyed out. So I have to click the "open data source" button and navigate to the folder containing the Excel data file and select it to recreate the link. How do I get my form to retain the link? Also I used to have a button on the mm toolbar which would allow me to edit the data source but that is no longer there - even after the data source has been manually linked as I described above. Thanks for your time and invaluable assistance. Ian |
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Mail merge form does not retain link to Excel data file
Hi Ian,
which VERSION of Word are you using, including SP number? If you're unsure, check in Help/About. And in which version of Word did you have the button that allowed you to edit the data source? I'd be very grateful if anyone can shed some light on this error... I have set up a mail merge form which gets its data from an excel sheet. It all works fine except that I each time I open the mail merge form it doesn't have a link to the data file - nearly all the buttons on the mail merge toolbar, apart from two, are greyed out. So I have to click the "open data source" button and navigate to the folder containing the Excel data file and select it to recreate the link. How do I get my form to retain the link? Also I used to have a button on the mm toolbar which would allow me to edit the data source but that is no longer there - even after the data source has been manually linked as I described above. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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