Using Excel 2007 to Merge Data to Word 2007 - How to Update Fields

I just upgraged to 2007 in the midst of a big mail merge project using Excel.
Now that I am adding new fields to Excel, the names of the fields are not
appearing in the drop down box when i need to insert them. The only thing
showing is the field number which does not coincide with anything
recognizable in excel. How do get word to identify with the name of the
field as it did with the previous fields?
Thx.

Change the type of the mail merge main document to a Normal Word Document
(which will detach the data source from it, then change it back to the type
that it was originally and then re-attach the data source.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"johnnygx" wrote in message
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I just upgraged to 2007 in the midst of a big mail merge project using
Excel.
Now that I am adding new fields to Excel, the names of the fields are not
appearing in the drop down box when i need to insert them. The only thing
showing is the field number which does not coincide with anything
recognizable in excel. How do get word to identify with the name of the
field as it did with the previous fields?
Thx.