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trouble with mail merge, word was unable to open data source
Mail merge files and the data file I have used for sometime suddenly are not
working. The word file cannot open the data source. It's like something is lost. |
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trouble with mail merge, word was unable to open data source
Which version of Word, and what is the data source? If your copy of Windows
is updated automatically via Windows Update/Microsoft update, some recent updates ahave caused a lot of problems with Word.I quote CIndy Meister: "There are massive problems with the most recent set of updates. There's a KB article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165) describing a workaround for some of the problems. But other people are finding they need to uninstall the updates, especially MSO06-015." Peter Jamieson "edie" wrote in message ... Mail merge files and the data file I have used for sometime suddenly are not working. The word file cannot open the data source. It's like something is lost. |
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trouble with mail merge, word was unable to open data source
I've had the same problem and found that my problem is the length of the
fields which are being merged were to long. Since I shortened them everything works now. I only wish there was something in writing that explains how long these merge fields can be as well as what naming schemes NOT to use. Hope this helps you "edie" wrote: Mail merge files and the data file I have used for sometime suddenly are not working. The word file cannot open the data source. It's like something is lost. |
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