doug, thanks for the quick reply. I have done this and still am running into
problems. it seems like the user defined code that i wrote in visual basics
is the cause of my problems. upon switching to another record in mailmerge
the letter freezes up and takes a long time to switch. any suggestions?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

From the Tools menu in Word, select Options and then go to the General tab
and check the box against the "Confirm conversions at open" item. Then when
you attach the data source to the mail merge main document, you will be
given the option of using the DDE method of connection.

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"Mike" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to tell Word to use an old-style DDE connection instead of
the
OBDC connection. my particular problem involved the use of coding that I
wrote in a macro to compile a summary of items from different records. It
seems that mailmerge doesnt like my query which contains user-defined
functions. Prior to upgrading word the mailmerge worked without a flaw.
thanks for the help in advance. ~Mike