[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You do not have to use the mail merge facility to create the data source.

See the article "Creating a Mail Merge Data Source" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...DataSource.htm


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Matthew S." wrote in message
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When saving a new data source, the only option is .mdb, which other users,
not on 2007, don't seem to be able to open. How can I force Word 2007 to
save it's data source as something other than .mdb?
thanks!
Matt