why so many?..mail merge on drop down under "Tools"

When I go to my "tools" I get the drop down with
Spelling....Language.........etc....but when it gets to
mail merge I have about a dozen of them...only one with
arrow for options....why? I've delted the "Normal.dot"
template(was suggested by a computer friend)....I tried
reinstalling Word(Office)....nothing gets rid of
the "extras"...

Hi Tina,

See the following page of fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website
http://www.gmayor.com/multiple_mail_merge_entries.htm

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Tina" wrote in message
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When I go to my "tools" I get the drop down with
Spelling....Language.........etc....but when it gets to
mail merge I have about a dozen of them...only one with
arrow for options....why? I've delted the "Normal.dot"
template(was suggested by a computer friend)....I tried
reinstalling Word(Office)....nothing gets rid of
the "extras"...

Thanks Doug! I tried what he suggested and I got an error message(could not register tasks)...so it couldn't complete the task.....so now I am stuck......I don't understand...I know I havve the Works(which is apparently where my Word is from).....but I've installed Office as well......why isn't there Word from there?....in addition to or instead of....the Works one?
I have gotten the new Office(and XP__I have Me now-- and plan to up grade soon......should I uninstall Works and reinstall Office before I upgrade?......

Tina wrote:
Thanks Doug! I tried what he suggested and I got an error
message(could not register tasks)...so it couldn't complete the
task.....so now I am stuck......I don't understand...I know I have
the Works(which is apparently where my Word is from).....but I've
installed Office as well......why isn't there Word from there?....in
addition to or instead of....the Works one? I have gotten the new
Office(and XP__I have Me now-- and plan to up grade soon......should
I uninstall Works and reinstall Office before I upgrade?......

Sounds like you have screwed this royally

However you proceed, you are going to have to uninstall the Works add-in or
it will still be there causing problems in the future.
It seems that the Office installation has made a mess of the Works
installation and is preventing you from uninstalling. You will probably have
to uninstall Office, then reinstall the Works suite which will restore the
pointers in the registry, then uninstall the Works add-in and finally
reinstall Office.

When you get around to installing Windows XP, I would suggest you reformat
and start from scratch rather than try upgrading.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word

Thanks Graham....Only I can do this "royally"......it is ALWAYS "operator error"(my sis in law's term for my mistakes)...at least I was smart enough to find this place!
I never can do something easily....when I can do it the hard way! LOL