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Why do I only get error messages when I try to attach and Excel, M
Trying to mail merge labels. When I attempt to attach my excel, MS database
or a spreadsheet I only get error messages. With the db, it tells me I have to get rid of a formula (but this is only names and addresses and dues paid). With xl I just get message that Work can't attach this program or something like that. I'm not exactly techie person but several people have tried to help for last 2 wks with no success. |
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See where what you are doing differs from
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm If the problem is something else - let us know *exactly* what the error messages say. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org echogramm wrote: Trying to mail merge labels. When I attempt to attach my excel, MS database or a spreadsheet I only get error messages. With the db, it tells me I have to get rid of a formula (but this is only names and addresses and dues paid). With xl I just get message that Work can't attach this program or something like that. I'm not exactly techie person but several people have tried to help for last 2 wks with no success. |
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Thanks..I'll go to that site and let you know. Echogrammy
"Graham Mayor" wrote: See where what you are doing differs from http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm If the problem is something else - let us know *exactly* what the error messages say. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org echogramm wrote: Trying to mail merge labels. When I attempt to attach my excel, MS database or a spreadsheet I only get error messages. With the db, it tells me I have to get rid of a formula (but this is only names and addresses and dues paid). With xl I just get message that Work can't attach this program or something like that. I'm not exactly techie person but several people have tried to help for last 2 wks with no success. |
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Well, I went to you site and find it extremely helpful but doesn't solve this
problem. When I try to use the MSdb for labels I get the office asst. saying "Office cannot use Works files that contain formulas for mail merge. Remove the formula from this file to use it as a data source". "Graham Mayor" wrote: See where what you are doing differs from http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm If the problem is something else - let us know *exactly* what the error messages say. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org echogramm wrote: Trying to mail merge labels. When I attempt to attach my excel, MS database or a spreadsheet I only get error messages. With the db, it tells me I have to get rid of a formula (but this is only names and addresses and dues paid). With xl I just get message that Work can't attach this program or something like that. I'm not exactly techie person but several people have tried to help for last 2 wks with no success. |
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Essentially Works is incompatible with Word, although there is a lashup in
the form of an nextremely buggy add-in that allows some integration. The only way to get this to work properly is to export the Works database from Works into a format that Word can understand, eg dbf or csv. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org echogramm wrote: Well, I went to you site and find it extremely helpful but doesn't solve this problem. When I try to use the MSdb for labels I get the office asst. saying "Office cannot use Works files that contain formulas for mail merge. Remove the formula from this file to use it as a data source". "Graham Mayor" wrote: See where what you are doing differs from http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm If the problem is something else - let us know *exactly* what the error messages say. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org echogramm wrote: Trying to mail merge labels. When I attempt to attach my excel, MS database or a spreadsheet I only get error messages. With the db, it tells me I have to get rid of a formula (but this is only names and addresses and dues paid). With xl I just get message that Work can't attach this program or something like that. I'm not exactly techie person but several people have tried to help for last 2 wks with no success. |
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I'm not sure that I understand all that but I'll try to export it. After I go
through your site again. Thanks again. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Essentially Works is incompatible with Word, although there is a lashup in the form of an nextremely buggy add-in that allows some integration. The only way to get this to work properly is to export the Works database from Works into a format that Word can understand, eg dbf or csv. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org echogramm wrote: Well, I went to you site and find it extremely helpful but doesn't solve this problem. When I try to use the MSdb for labels I get the office asst. saying "Office cannot use Works files that contain formulas for mail merge. Remove the formula from this file to use it as a data source". "Graham Mayor" wrote: See where what you are doing differs from http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm If the problem is something else - let us know *exactly* what the error messages say. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org echogramm wrote: Trying to mail merge labels. When I attempt to attach my excel, MS database or a spreadsheet I only get error messages. With the db, it tells me I have to get rid of a formula (but this is only names and addresses and dues paid). With xl I just get message that Work can't attach this program or something like that. I'm not exactly techie person but several people have tried to help for last 2 wks with no success. |