Sorting in Mail Merge Helper is Grayed Out - Inaccessable

Hello,

I am having dificulty sorting a mail merge document
(before I actually merge the information to a new
document). I am using MS Word 2000 with Win 98se and
merging from an Access address database.

I do the beginning steps to set up the merge, insert my
fields, and then click on "Mail Merge Helper." Then by
the big Number 3 I click on "Query Options," but only
the "Filter Records" tab is accessable. The "Sort
Records" tab is grayed out.

I have saved the Access file with the sort options that I
want, but whenever I start a merge it is not sorted the
way Access sorts all of the records.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks.

Joe Cooke

If you can, create a query in Access that sorts the records in the sequence
that you want, and use that query as the data source for your merge.

--
Peter Jamieson

"Joe Cooke" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I am having dificulty sorting a mail merge document
(before I actually merge the information to a new
document). I am using MS Word 2000 with Win 98se and
merging from an Access address database.

I do the beginning steps to set up the merge, insert my
fields, and then click on "Mail Merge Helper." Then by
the big Number 3 I click on "Query Options," but only
the "Filter Records" tab is accessable. The "Sort
Records" tab is grayed out.

I have saved the Access file with the sort options that I
want, but whenever I start a merge it is not sorted the
way Access sorts all of the records.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks.

Joe Cooke