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Mail Merge - Undesirable Database Open
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-- תודה רבה "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Also, if this data is being added to a single document (which the failure to complete the "merge" suggests), then perhaps some other linking method (INCLUDETEXT or the like) would be more appropriate than a mail merge. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Peter Jamieson" wrote in message ... If your Word mail merge main document connects to the database using DDE, when Word opens the document, it will also open Access (if necessary). Access will then open the database (if necessary). To avoid opening /Access/, you have to connect using ODBC (most versions of Word) or OLE DB (Word 2002 and later). In that case, Word still opens the database using Jet (or ACE, in Word 2007), but it does not need to open Access and you do not see any extra windows. However, there are reasons why your Word document may need to connect via DDE, including: a. it connects to a parameter query and the user needs to enter a parameter b. it connects to a query that uses old-style "wildcard characters" * and ? rather than the ANSI wildcards % and _ c. it connects to a query that uses a user defined Access VBA function, or some other functions that do not work with ODBC/OLE DB ...and so on.You may also find that DDE has been used because of text truncation problems etc. However, if you do not need DDE (and I think you can only really tell by experimenting), to change the connection method, check Word-Tools-Options-general--Confirm conversions at open (Word 2003 and earlier) or click the Office button, then check Word Options-Advanced-General-Confirm File format conversion on open. Then go through the connection proces again. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "???? ?????" wrote in message ... Hello, I merge word document to access table. When i open the word doc, the access databse open. I dont need the data base, just the word doc (with the data of course). Is it possible and How ? thank's -- -- ???? ??? |
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