I don't know if this is the same problem, but here are a couple of notes...

1. Since my first days with Word/Excel (v. 97 and earlier), I've found that
things work better when the sheet I'm trying to merge from is the first (left
most) sheet in the workbook. May be superstion at this point, but I've seen
it help on current systems within the last few months. Go figure.

2. With Word/Excel 2002, I've found that sometimes even if there is only one
named sheet (and no named areas) more than one choice will be presented when
I select the data source for the merge. Trial and error says to select, say
"Members$" over "Members" or "Members_", but I don't have enough data to say
if that's consistent.

Best wishes!