Database toolbar

Why does MS only talk about "mail merges" and doesn't
mention the Database toolbar at all? I'm importing info
from an Excel spreadsheet using the Database toolbar, and
anytime I have an issue, I have a hard time finding help
because everywhere I look the term "mail merge" is used.
I can't even find mention anywhere of the Database
toolbar, which I find odd.

Pardon the rant.
Thx.

No idea, but if I had to guess, they probably don't think of Word as being a
"data presentation" program, preferring to encourage end users towards Excel
or Access depending on complexity of their data/application, and developers
towards solutions based on SQL, XML, XSLT and HTML.They may also assume that
anyone trying to include "data from databases" in their Word
documents/applications is likely to discover stuff such as the Database
toolbar and DATABASE field for themselves.

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Peter Jamieson

"Jules" wrote in message
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Why does MS only talk about "mail merges" and doesn't
mention the Database toolbar at all? I'm importing info
from an Excel spreadsheet using the Database toolbar, and
anytime I have an issue, I have a hard time finding help
because everywhere I look the term "mail merge" is used.
I can't even find mention anywhere of the Database
toolbar, which I find odd.

Pardon the rant.
Thx.