I just want to set up a single word template, point it to a specific header
file, and to a specific .txt file, just as as I have done in previous
versions of Word. I have an inncumbent application that looks for the .DOC,
..HED, and .TXT portions of the mail merge files and uses a Visual Basic
executable to execute the mail merge. The only difference here is that I am
using Word 2003 to create a new mail merge template. Does the new version
follow this architecture, or am I going to have to revert back to the older
version of Word in order to continue using the .HED functionality?

While some misguided person thought it would be a good idea to re-design the
user interface to mailmerge for Word XP (and the folly was retained in
2003), under the hood, it works the same way.

No one will own up to being the person to whom I refer.g
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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"blkwebman1919" wrote in message
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I just want to set up a single word template, point it to a specific header
file, and to a specific .txt file, just as as I have done in previous
versions of Word. I have an inncumbent application that looks for the
.DOC,
.HED, and .TXT portions of the mail merge files and uses a Visual Basic
executable to execute the mail merge. The only difference here is that I
am
using Word 2003 to create a new mail merge template. Does the new version
follow this architecture, or am I going to have to revert back to the
older
version of Word in order to continue using the .HED functionality?