If by your reference to "subdatasheet material" you mean that you are trying
to do a "multiple items per condition" type merge, then you need to be aware
that Word does not have the ability to do that. See the "Multiple items per
condition" item under the "Special merges" section of fellow MVP CIndy
Meister's website at

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindy...r/MergFram.htm

If on the other hand you are having trouble getting a query to appear when
you wish to attach the data source to the mailmerge main document, then in
Word, select Options from the Tools menu and then go to the General tab and
check the box against "Confirm conversions at open". After doing that, when
you attach the datasource, you will be presented with a number of options
for the method in which the connection should be made. Try each option and
see if the problem is overcome. It will probably be the DDE method of
connecting that will be the one.
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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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The main Query is merging just fine. The subdatasheet material based
on a second table is not.

Can someone step me through the process.