I have several documents that I use for mail merge. I have queries in a
database that I use for my data source. My question is, when I set the
source and save the document, about half of the documents "lose" the source.
This makes me think there is an option somewhere that I'm not aware of that
lets you set up a "one time only" merge for a document. Is that the case, or
is there something else in my document that may be causing a problem.
Hopefully I've explained well enough. Thank you in advance for any help.

Susie

Hi Susie-

AFAIK, there is no such setting... once you specify a DB record source for a
mail merge main doc it should be 'remembered' when you save the file.

Which version of Word & Windows, what DB application, and how are you
setting your Recipient List?

Regards |:)

"Susie" wrote:

I have several documents that I use for mail merge. I have queries in a
database that I use for my data source. My question is, when I set the
source and save the document, about half of the documents "lose" the source.
This makes me think there is an option somewhere that I'm not aware of that
lets you set up a "one time only" merge for a document. Is that the case, or
is there something else in my document that may be causing a problem.
Hopefully I've explained well enough. Thank you in advance for any help.

Susie

I recall having problems early in Word 2002 with Word constantly "losing" my
data source, so that I had to reselect it every time. Either something
finally "took" or one of the service packs fixed this.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"CyberTaz" wrote in message
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Hi Susie-

AFAIK, there is no such setting... once you specify a DB record source for
a
mail merge main doc it should be 'remembered' when you save the file.

Which version of Word & Windows, what DB application, and how are you
setting your Recipient List?

Regards |:)

"Susie" wrote:

I have several documents that I use for mail merge. I have queries in a
database that I use for my data source. My question is, when I set the
source and save the document, about half of the documents "lose" the
source.
This makes me think there is an option somewhere that I'm not aware of
that
lets you set up a "one time only" merge for a document. Is that the
case, or
is there something else in my document that may be causing a problem.
Hopefully I've explained well enough. Thank you in advance for any
help.

Susie