[ascott]

actually I am sure it says "record 17 has too many data fields"
you mean type the entries into the box when it says "create a new list" of
recipients?
there is no way to merge my information into my letters or my labels?

[Graham Mayor]

It appears that your data source has a problem with record 17 - chances are
that it has an unwanted comma in one of the fields.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


ascott wrote:
actually I am sure it says "record 17 has too many data fields"
you mean type the entries into the box when it says "create a new
list" of recipients?
there is no way to merge my information into my letters or my labels?

[ascott]

It's not just record 17, I ran my mail merge 2 days ago with no problems.
Then I had to add-on more addresses which I did, I re-saved the spreadsheet
and when I tried to merge it again I recieved the "word is unable to open the
data source" error, so I came online read the newsgroups, saved my file with
a .txt extension and it still doesn't work I don't know what else to try. I
did the "confirm conversions at open" thing within tools/options/general, I
saved the file as a data base file and it still won't open correctly
Please help me, I am just trying to print letters and labels!
thanks


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It appears that your data source has a problem with record 17 - chances are
that it has an unwanted comma in one of the fields.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


ascott wrote:
actually I am sure it says "record 17 has too many data fields"
you mean type the entries into the box when it says "create a new
list" of recipients?
there is no way to merge my information into my letters or my labels?

[Graham Mayor]

If you send a copy of the errant data file to the link on my web site I will
have a look at it.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


ascott wrote:
It's not just record 17, I ran my mail merge 2 days ago with no
problems. Then I had to add-on more addresses which I did, I re-saved
the spreadsheet and when I tried to merge it again I recieved the
"word is unable to open the data source" error, so I came online read
the newsgroups, saved my file with a .txt extension and it still
doesn't work I don't know what else to try. I did the "confirm
conversions at open" thing within tools/options/general, I saved the
file as a data base file and it still won't open correctly
Please help me, I am just trying to print letters and labels!
thanks


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It appears that your data source has a problem with record 17 -
chances are that it has an unwanted comma in one of the fields.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


ascott wrote:
actually I am sure it says "record 17 has too many data fields"
you mean type the entries into the box when it says "create a new
list" of recipients?
there is no way to merge my information into my letters or my
labels?