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Mail merge - how to stop SQL msg on merged docs
Word 2003 has done something to mail merge where, if we open a document that's
the result of a merge (like a sheet of labels, etc.), we're always asked if we want to do a re-merge. Why? I can't imagine most people want or need this, and it's confusing my users beyond belief. Is there a way to stop that prompt? TIA Mark Tangard |
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I think you're misinterpreting the message, but see "Opening This Will Run
the Following SQL Command" Message When You Open a Word Document http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825765 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mark Tangard" wrote in message ... Word 2003 has done something to mail merge where, if we open a document that's the result of a merge (like a sheet of labels, etc.), we're always asked if we want to do a re-merge. Why? I can't imagine most people want or need this, and it's confusing my users beyond belief. Is there a way to stop that prompt? TIA Mark Tangard |
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Thanks, Suzanne, that helps. I'm still not clear on why you'd ever want the
datasource attached once you've done the merge (this is a merged-results document, not a merge main document), unless it actually would redo the merge with (presumably) some difference/update in the data. MT Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I think you're misinterpreting the message, but see "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command" Message When You Open a Word Document http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825765 |
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That puzzled me, too, as none of my merged documents do this. Are you sure
the document you're looking at doesn't contain merge fields? Sometimes this isn't obvious, because Word will populate the fields with data from one of the records even in a mail merge main document. Alt+F9 should show you the fields if any are present. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mark Tangard" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne, that helps. I'm still not clear on why you'd ever want the datasource attached once you've done the merge (this is a merged-results document, not a merge main document), unless it actually would redo the merge with (presumably) some difference/update in the data. MT Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I think you're misinterpreting the message, but see "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command" Message When You Open a Word Document http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825765 |
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I actually considered that, but there are no fields in the result. They're all
pretty simple docs, mostly catalog, oops############# directory merges. The only quirk, if it is one, is that the merge main doc is created from a template, rather than from a plain, assembled-on-the-fly collection of merge fields, because we want a very specific format in the output (certain lines bolder and different font sizes) and the field structure is a bit complex (if firstname="" bold the company name, blah blah). The template isn't ancient but was created in a pre-2003 version of Word. Hmm. MT Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That puzzled me, too, as none of my merged documents do this. Are you sure the document you're looking at doesn't contain merge fields? Sometimes this isn't obvious, because Word will populate the fields with data from one of the records even in a mail merge main document. Alt+F9 should show you the fields if any are present. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mark Tangard" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne, that helps. I'm still not clear on why you'd ever want the datasource attached once you've done the merge (this is a merged-results document, not a merge main document), unless it actually would redo the merge with (presumably) some difference/update in the data. MT Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I think you're misinterpreting the message, but see "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command" Message When You Open a Word Document http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825765 |
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Most of my merge documents were created in earlier Word versions, too, so I
think that's probably a red herring. All I can say is that I get the message box only on mail merge main documents, not on the merged results. Sorry I can't offer any other ideas (especially since I just noticed it's you, Mark g). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mark Tangard" wrote in message ... I actually considered that, but there are no fields in the result. They're all pretty simple docs, mostly catalog, oops############# directory merges. The only quirk, if it is one, is that the merge main doc is created from a template, rather than from a plain, assembled-on-the-fly collection of merge fields, because we want a very specific format in the output (certain lines bolder and different font sizes) and the field structure is a bit complex (if firstname="" bold the company name, blah blah). The template isn't ancient but was created in a pre-2003 version of Word. Hmm. MT Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That puzzled me, too, as none of my merged documents do this. Are you sure the document you're looking at doesn't contain merge fields? Sometimes this isn't obvious, because Word will populate the fields with data from one of the records even in a mail merge main document. Alt+F9 should show you the fields if any are present. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mark Tangard" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne, that helps. I'm still not clear on why you'd ever want the datasource attached once you've done the merge (this is a merged-results document, not a merge main document), unless it actually would redo the merge with (presumably) some difference/update in the data. MT Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I think you're misinterpreting the message, but see "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command" Message When You Open a Word Document http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825765 |
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Hi Mark,
Have you tried attaching the merge result to a different template? Opening a document does open the template, sort of, in the background... I actually considered that, but there are no fields in the result. They're all pretty simple docs, mostly catalog, oops############# directory merges. The only quirk, if it is one, is that the merge main doc is created from a template, rather than from a plain, assembled-on-the-fly collection of merge fields, because we want a very specific format in the output (certain lines bolder and different font sizes) and the field structure is a bit complex (if firstname="" bold the company name, blah blah). The template isn't ancient but was created in a pre-2003 version of Word. Hmm. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hi Suzanne,
Actually believe I am having the same problem, but with a slight twist. In my case I created a mail merge template with a graphic and saved it. When I open the merged document I get the message "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command", I click ok, and all the merged info is in the document (BTW, I checked the resulting merge document for fields and there aren't any). However, two other people have also tried to open the merged file, one gets the SQL message, the other doesn't, but in both cases, they only see the graphic in the merged document. I have posted this puzzle in the word.docmanagement group (subject template woes). My apologies for cross-posting, but when I saw this thread, the problem seemed very similar to the one I am having. Cindy Meister has offered a solution, which is to see if the "non-printing" character checkboxes are activated. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find that option. I'd be interested to know if anyone else has had the same issue - and found a solution. g Cheers, Jason "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Most of my merge documents were created in earlier Word versions, too, so I think that's probably a red herring. All I can say is that I get the message box only on mail merge main documents, not on the merged results. Sorry I can't offer any other ideas (especially since I just noticed it's you, Mark g). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mark Tangard" wrote in message ... I actually considered that, but there are no fields in the result. They're all pretty simple docs, mostly catalog, oops############# directory merges. The only quirk, if it is one, is that the merge main doc is created from a template, rather than from a plain, assembled-on-the-fly collection of merge fields, because we want a very specific format in the output (certain lines bolder and different font sizes) and the field structure is a bit complex (if firstname="" bold the company name, blah blah). The template isn't ancient but was created in a pre-2003 version of Word. Hmm. MT Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That puzzled me, too, as none of my merged documents do this. Are you sure the document you're looking at doesn't contain merge fields? Sometimes this isn't obvious, because Word will populate the fields with data from one of the records even in a mail merge main document. Alt+F9 should show you the fields if any are present. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mark Tangard" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne, that helps. I'm still not clear on why you'd ever want the datasource attached once you've done the merge (this is a merged-results document, not a merge main document), unless it actually would redo the merge with (presumably) some difference/update in the data. MT Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I think you're misinterpreting the message, but see "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command" Message When You Open a Word Document http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825765 |
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solution, which is to see if the "non-printing" character checkboxes are
activated. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find that option. Tools | Options | View: Formatting marks (in recent versions) I'm not sure how this relates to your problem. Alt+F9 would display field codes if any were present. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "J_Gold" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, Actually believe I am having the same problem, but with a slight twist. In my case I created a mail merge template with a graphic and saved it. When I open the merged document I get the message "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command", I click ok, and all the merged info is in the document (BTW, I checked the resulting merge document for fields and there aren't any). However, two other people have also tried to open the merged file, one gets the SQL message, the other doesn't, but in both cases, they only see the graphic in the merged document. I have posted this puzzle in the word.docmanagement group (subject template woes). My apologies for cross-posting, but when I saw this thread, the problem seemed very similar to the one I am having. Cindy Meister has offered a solution, which is to see if the "non-printing" character checkboxes are activated. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find that option. I'd be interested to know if anyone else has had the same issue - and found a solution. g Cheers, Jason "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Most of my merge documents were created in earlier Word versions, too, so I think that's probably a red herring. All I can say is that I get the message box only on mail merge main documents, not on the merged results. Sorry I can't offer any other ideas (especially since I just noticed it's you, Mark g). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mark Tangard" wrote in message ... I actually considered that, but there are no fields in the result. They're all pretty simple docs, mostly catalog, oops############# directory merges. The only quirk, if it is one, is that the merge main doc is created from a template, rather than from a plain, assembled-on-the-fly collection of merge fields, because we want a very specific format in the output (certain lines bolder and different font sizes) and the field structure is a bit complex (if firstname="" bold the company name, blah blah). The template isn't ancient but was created in a pre-2003 version of Word. Hmm. MT Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: That puzzled me, too, as none of my merged documents do this. Are you sure the document you're looking at doesn't contain merge fields? Sometimes this isn't obvious, because Word will populate the fields with data from one of the records even in a mail merge main document. Alt+F9 should show you the fields if any are present. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mark Tangard" wrote in message ... Thanks, Suzanne, that helps. I'm still not clear on why you'd ever want the datasource attached once you've done the merge (this is a merged-results document, not a merge main document), unless it actually would redo the merge with (presumably) some difference/update in the data. MT Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I think you're misinterpreting the message, but see "Opening This Will Run the Following SQL Command" Message When You Open a Word Document http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825765 |
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