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Mail Merge Document Loses Its Marbles
Hi ?B?REw=?=,
I renamed the old template and let word create a new one. The document still forgets its settings the next time I open it. OK, and if, using this new template, you set up a mail merge to the usual data source, as a test? (This way we can determine whether it's local to the document, or also occuring in new documents.) You might also check whether this information (that I picked up somewhere and have in my notes) is relevant Main merge docs lose connection to data source when closed/opened this issue may occur if the following registry entries and their sub-entries were not set to Every-Full Control permission. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.Application HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Access.Application.10 There are no add-ins I am aware of. However, I did create these using Word 2000 and we recently switched to XP and Word 2003 in my shop. Could there be some quirks involved in 2003 format compared to 2000? There could be file format issues, but then Word should behave the same in Safe Mode (i.e. the data source is lost). Safe mode starts in installation default mode: all macros and addins are blocked; all customizations are blocked; a "pristine" Normal.dot template is used. If you start with a new Word 2003 document (made from a Normal.dot template Word 2003 has generated, not one that's been upgraded) do you see anything different? (Try renaming Normal.dot to NormalOLD.dot then start up Word to get a new, clean copy of the template) It does happen with all documents and when in safe mode it produces an SQL error but then the document loads and operates as it should. the SQL message (not error) is correct behavior if you've never changed the registry setting to disable this security measure. the fact that you're apparently NOT seeing this otherwise is a confirmation that the data sources are no longer connected when the documents are closed. Since they remain connected when you start in Safe Mode, it means there's most likely an Addin installed on this system that's doing something (disconnecting the data sources? opening the mail merge documents?) involved in the behavior. Are you using some kind of Addin, that you know of? Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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