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Merging from multiple data files
I'm fairly new to Word 2007 but what I would like to do is this:
Set up up a merge so that I first merge data from one data file, then switch to a second & merge its data and then to a third & merge its data. Is this possible or will I have to perform three separate merges into three word files and then combine them. TIA Michael |
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Merging from multiple data files
Is this possible
The facility is not available "out of the box", so... or will I have to perform three separate merges into three word files and then combine them. ....yes, you probably will. The obvious alternative is to combine the three data sources into a single data source that you then use as your merge data source, but a. precisely how you might do that would depend on what your data sources were (e.g., in some cases, you might be able to use Word VBA's OpenDataSource command to issue some SQL that would do a UNION of your data sources or some such) and b. 3 merges that work, plus a combining step, is likely to be more reliable than an attempt to combine your 3 data sources using the facilities available to Word. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 21/03/2010 19:12, Michael wrote: I'm fairly new to Word 2007 but what I would like to do is this: Set up up a merge so that I first merge data from one data file, then switch to a second & merge its data and then to a third & merge its data. Is this possible or will I have to perform three separate merges into three word files and then combine them. TIA Michael |
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Merging from multiple data files
Many thanks Peter.
Michael On 21/03/2010 20:13, Peter Jamieson wrote: Is this possible The facility is not available "out of the box", so... or will I have to perform three separate merges into three word files and then combine them. ...yes, you probably will. The obvious alternative is to combine the three data sources into a single data source that you then use as your merge data source, but a. precisely how you might do that would depend on what your data sources were (e.g., in some cases, you might be able to use Word VBA's OpenDataSource command to issue some SQL that would do a UNION of your data sources or some such) and b. 3 merges that work, plus a combining step, is likely to be more reliable than an attempt to combine your 3 data sources using the facilities available to Word. Peter Jamieson http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk On 21/03/2010 19:12, Michael wrote: I'm fairly new to Word 2007 but what I would like to do is this: Set up up a merge so that I first merge data from one data file, then switch to a second & merge its data and then to a third & merge its data. Is this possible or will I have to perform three separate merges into three word files and then combine them. TIA Michael |
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