[John]

After painstakingly working on a master document with fields linked to an
Excel speadsheet, I lost the data connection between the Word 2007 file and
it's data source in Excel.

The "Mailings" bar is greyed out except for "Select Recipients" as if I was
starting all over.

Any suggestions will be appreciated!

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

What happens if you click on Select Recipients and re-attach the spreadsheet
to the document?

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"John" wrote in message
...
After painstakingly working on a master document with fields linked to an
Excel speadsheet, I lost the data connection between the Word 2007 file
and
it's data source in Excel.

The "Mailings" bar is greyed out except for "Select Recipients" as if I
was
starting all over.

Any suggestions will be appreciated!

[Miranda Gray]

You might find it worthwhile to go to the Control Panel in Windows and run Add / Remove Program with the repair option to let your system auto repair.

I find that Word and Excel do trip over each other. So sometimes just letting the system reset solves the issue after I have been beating my head in for ages.



John wrote:

Lost connection between Word & Excel
12-Dec-09

After painstakingly working on a master document with fields linked to an
Excel speadsheet, I lost the data connection between the Word 2007 file and
it is data source in Excel.

The "Mailings" bar is greyed out except for "Select Recipients" as if I was
starting all over.

Any suggestions will be appreciated!

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