Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
|
|||
|
|||
delete mail merge table
I have created several tables from Excel which then transfer over to word to
be used in mail merge. I would like to delete some of the tables which display on the word side of the application. There appears to be no method of doing that. Is there any way that this can be done? |
#2
Posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
|
|||
|
|||
delete mail merge table
How do these tables "transfer over to Word"? Please describe in more detail
what you originally did to achieve that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "prmagpie" wrote in message ... I have created several tables from Excel which then transfer over to word to be used in mail merge. I would like to delete some of the tables which display on the word side of the application. There appears to be no method of doing that. Is there any way that this can be done? |
#3
Posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
|
|||
|
|||
delete mail merge table
I have followed the instructions in excel to create the mail merge tables.
When you then go to Word and click on the source excel document the tables present themselves. I have deleted all tables on the Excel side but when I go to word and click on the source excel document every mail merge table that I have ever created is there. Since I have added information to the Excel document I would like to create new tables for mail merge and delete the old ones. I cannot find a method to get the tables out of the Word side of mailmerge. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: How do these tables "transfer over to Word"? Please describe in more detail what you originally did to achieve that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "prmagpie" wrote in message ... I have created several tables from Excel which then transfer over to word to be used in mail merge. I would like to delete some of the tables which display on the word side of the application. There appears to be no method of doing that. Is there any way that this can be done? |
#4
Posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
|
|||
|
|||
delete mail merge table
What you have written makes no sense at all.
Where are you seeing the 'tables'? If you open attempt to add a data source to a Word mail merge, by default it will seek that data source in the 'My Data Sources' folder. This folder like any other folder can contain a variety of files. Maybe http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm will help by giving you an overview of mail merge? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org prmagpie wrote: I have followed the instructions in excel to create the mail merge tables. When you then go to Word and click on the source excel document the tables present themselves. I have deleted all tables on the Excel side but when I go to word and click on the source excel document every mail merge table that I have ever created is there. Since I have added information to the Excel document I would like to create new tables for mail merge and delete the old ones. I cannot find a method to get the tables out of the Word side of mailmerge. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: How do these tables "transfer over to Word"? Please describe in more detail what you originally did to achieve that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "prmagpie" wrote in message ... I have created several tables from Excel which then transfer over to word to be used in mail merge. I would like to delete some of the tables which display on the word side of the application. There appears to be no method of doing that. Is there any way that this can be done? |
#5
Posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
|
|||
|
|||
delete mail merge table
It sounds as if you are creating each new mail merge data source in the same
Excel workbook. If so, you will have multiple Excel worksheets in that workbook and you will see one "tab" for each worksheet near the bottom of the Excel window when you have the workbook open. When you try to open the workbook in Word as a data source, Word lists all the worksheets in the workbook. If that is what is happening, what you should probably do is a. start creating each new merge data source in a new Excel workbook in your My Data Sources folder (or wherever you want) b. when you have finished using that Excel workbook, move it out of the My Data Sources" folder so that it is no longer available for selection, or delete it if you really do not need it any more. If you want to tidy up your existing workbook, you can right-click on each worksheet's tab and delete that sheet. If you need to keep the data, you can export the sheet's data first. Peter Jamieson "prmagpie" wrote in message ... I have followed the instructions in excel to create the mail merge tables. When you then go to Word and click on the source excel document the tables present themselves. I have deleted all tables on the Excel side but when I go to word and click on the source excel document every mail merge table that I have ever created is there. Since I have added information to the Excel document I would like to create new tables for mail merge and delete the old ones. I cannot find a method to get the tables out of the Word side of mailmerge. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: How do these tables "transfer over to Word"? Please describe in more detail what you originally did to achieve that. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "prmagpie" wrote in message ... I have created several tables from Excel which then transfer over to word to be used in mail merge. I would like to delete some of the tables which display on the word side of the application. There appears to be no method of doing that. Is there any way that this can be done? |
Reply |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
printing difficultiies using mail merge in word | Mailmerge | |||
error messages when using table formula after moving column tot's | Tables | |||
Mail merge and long tables | Mailmerge | |||
mail merging formatted content | Mailmerge | |||
How do I use a table of contents in a mail merge | Mailmerge |