[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

For Word 2007, you do not mention the part of Step 3 where you save the
datasource document as Company123DATA.doc that you were performing when
using Word 2003.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Dan" wrote in message
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Actual situation under Word 2003.

We are using the mail merge function to prepare our Lease document. The
actual process is the following.

1. We open a .DOT template with 64 pages the file is read only with
password.
2. After we select the data source a .DOC the file is read only with
password.
3. By double clicking on the .DOT Word 2003 open a .DOC document name
Document1.DOC when I save it I change the name for Company123.DOC and when
I
close Word I been prompt to save the Data source as well I answer Yes and
I
save it under the name Company123DATA.doc.
4. When I re-open my document Company123.DOC bee prompt also for the data
source with all my information.
5. When I finish all my works I do the Finish and merge function to
generate
the final Document.

This is the behave under Word 2003 and for us it's working well


Under Word 2007

Under Word 2007 we have the following problem we are not able to save the
Data source .DOC. I'm able to do the same step as previous except at the
step
3 I'm able to save the DOC as Compagny123.DOC but when I close Word 2007 I
receive the following messages.

Data source File name as not been save. Do you want to save File
name


I answer Yes and I receive the following message.


This file is read only File name



With the only option OK, I click OK and I'm kick out of Word 2007 and
naturally I lost the data I put in the data source

At the origin the file is not a read only file.


Scenarios

1. I try with file not set as Read Only and without password and the same
behavior append
2. I change my data source for a Excel spreadsheet and I been prompt for
saving the data source when I leave the edit data source windows. No data
lost everything works well.
3. I change my data source for a Access (MDB) file and I been prompt for
saving the data source when I leave the edit data source windows. No data
lost everything works well.


I want to know if I need to set-up a special option to have a .DOC data
source works properly or it's simply a Bug.

Thanks for your help.