Which version of Word, and are you seeing a message like "Opening this will
run the following SQL command" ? If so, the following article may help:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765/en-us
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Peter Jamieson
http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk
"Carol R." wrote in message
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I have this letter I use that is merged with an excel database, but every
time I open the letter I have to re-assign my data source. Shouldn't it
be
saving this information so I don't have to keep linking the letter to the
database every time I open the file?