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Mail Merge in Different Word versions
I have created a mail merge template in Word 2003. When my office
manager opens the file in Word 2000 there is no ability to open the mail merge menu. Obviously, there is a compatibility issue with regard to mail merge between these two versions. Is there a work around short of putting Word 2003 on my office managers computer? |
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Mail Merge in Different Word versions
Word 2000 uses the mail merge helper (which is still available in Word
2003 - see http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm ) He should be able to manipulate the merge from the helper. Mail merge was simpler in Word 2000 -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Robert Moore wrote: I have created a mail merge template in Word 2003. When my office manager opens the file in Word 2000 there is no ability to open the mail merge menu. Obviously, there is a compatibility issue with regard to mail merge between these two versions. Is there a work around short of putting Word 2003 on my office managers computer? |
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Mail Merge in Different Word versions
Graham Mayor wrote:
Word 2000 uses the mail merge helper (which is still available in Word 2003 - see http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm ) He should be able to manipulate the merge from the helper. Mail merge was simpler in Word 2000 I can bring up the merger helper in Word 2000 but even with "confirm conversation at open" checked it won't let me select OLE DB as my merge method. My data source has multiple worksheets so I need word to let me select which named range I want to use for my data. What Word 2000 does now is only give me a choice of the named range on the first worksheet. |
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Mail Merge in Different Word versions
With Word 2000 and earlier you cannot use OLE DB, and as you have
discovered, DDE only works with the first worksheet in the workbook. If you see the ODBC option, use that, but a. in the ODBC dialog box you need to be sure that the correct workbook is selected - that is sometimes difficullt because the space available for the pathname is small and you cannot scroll sideways. b. you will probably need to click the Options button and check all the boxes before you can see any sheets and named ranges. If you do not see the ODBC option you may need to go through WOrd SETUP again to ensure that the ODBC drivers etc. are installed. Peter Jamieson "Robert Moore" wrote in message ... Graham Mayor wrote: Word 2000 uses the mail merge helper (which is still available in Word 2003 - see http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm ) He should be able to manipulate the merge from the helper. Mail merge was simpler in Word 2000 I can bring up the merger helper in Word 2000 but even with "confirm conversation at open" checked it won't let me select OLE DB as my merge method. My data source has multiple worksheets so I need word to let me select which named range I want to use for my data. What Word 2000 does now is only give me a choice of the named range on the first worksheet. |
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