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Merge from Access fails with "read only" message
When I try to do a "transfertext" from Access to a Word template, I get a
"document is read only" message from Word. When I open the template, I do not get the message about establishing a data source, and it has some test data in it. I guess at some point I must have responded "Yes" to a "save" message. That was clearly a mistake! Is there a way to undo it, so that my template is just a template, with no preconceived notions about what data to include? TIA. -- Carol |
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Merge from Access fails with "read only" message
First, I'd make a copy of you're template until the problem is sorted.
You can "disconnect" a data source by - opening the template (i.e. open the .dot/.dotx/.dotm, not a new document based on it) - setting the merge document type to be "Normal Word Document". In Word 2007, the option is in the Mailings tab-Start Mail merge. In Word XP and 2003, enable the Mail merge toolbar (View-Toolbars), click the first button, and select the option there. In Word 2000 and earlier, use the first option in the MailMerge Helper. The template will lose any notion of what type of merge it is. -- Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk "Carol Grismore" wrote in message ... When I try to do a "transfertext" from Access to a Word template, I get a "document is read only" message from Word. When I open the template, I do not get the message about establishing a data source, and it has some test data in it. I guess at some point I must have responded "Yes" to a "save" message. That was clearly a mistake! Is there a way to undo it, so that my template is just a template, with no preconceived notions about what data to include? TIA. -- Carol |
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