Mail Merge using Excel worksheet as data source

I am encountering the error "Word could not re-establish a DDE connection to
complete the current task." when trying to open an excel data source for mail
merge mailing labels. I'm running Office 2000. Any ideas?

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I am encountering the error "Word could not re-establish a DDE connection to
complete the current task." when trying to open an excel data source for mail
merge mailing labels. I'm running Office 2000.

Start with this Knowledge Base article

WD2000: ErrMsg: "Word could not re-establish a DDE connection to Application
to complete the current task."
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=224048

Note that there is a mailmerge.fields newsgroup where you might have gotten a
quicker response...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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