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Old October 9th, 2007, 06:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
patgar
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Default message in Word mail merge - cannot open data source

I have been using Excel as the data source for mail merge in Word with no
problems. I have two excel files. One works perfectly well but the other is
now coming up with "Word was unable to open the Data Source" Any
suggestions welcome
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Old October 9th, 2007, 11:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields
Peter Jamieson
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Default message in Word mail merge - cannot open data source

Which version of Word/Excel?

If the "bad" workbook is simple enough (e.g. no formulas, just data, try
exporting the sheet(s) to .csv format and importing them into a completely
new workbook.

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I have been using Excel as the data source for mail merge in Word with no
problems. I have two excel files. One works perfectly well but the other
is
now coming up with "Word was unable to open the Data Source" Any
suggestions welcome


 




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