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how do i create a new list on mail merge
I want to create a mail merge new list, when click on ok a message on screen,
says I cannot create list and need to create a temp directory folder on c: drive which I did, but same messege keeps coming. and when I try to use the existing list options it gives me two data sources which are connect to new data source and new sql server connection, I don't know which one is correct. please help |
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how do i create a new list on mail merge
and when I try to use the existing list options it gives me two data
sources which are connect to new data source and new sql server connection, I don't know which one is correct. please help These "options" are just files in the My Data Sources folder that are there to help you connect to certain types of data source such as SQL Server. When you're in that dialog box ("Select Data Source") you can navigate to another folder on your system just as you can in Windows Explorer, and select an existing data source. When you are creatin a standard new data source, you should not need to use the two options in My Data Sources. Althouh you may have set up a folder called c:\temp, that may not be enough. What Word is probably looking for is a thing called an environment variable called TEMP that points to a folder that can hold temporary files. Makin sure that is set up properly probably depends on which version of Windows you have, but e.g. in Windows XP you should be able to o into Start, right-click on My Computer, select Properties|Advanced|Environment Variables. In the two boxes there should be a variable named TEMP. If not, try creating it and setting the value of the variable to be the pathname of the temp folder you created. However, it may be that you are already working on a network and your temp folder is already set up to be somewhere on a network server. In that case, the chances are that your workstation does not have the permissions it needs to use the temp folder and you'll need to contact your network administrator. Peter Jamieson "Dani" wrote in message news I want to create a mail merge new list, when click on ok a message on screen, says I cannot create list and need to create a temp directory folder on c: drive which I did, but same messege keeps coming. and when I try to use the existing list options it gives me two data sources which are connect to new data source and new sql server connection, I don't know which one is correct. please help |
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