If I click on filtered I'm asked to prioritize in excel and that gets too complicated for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 5:48 PM Subject: [mso] Re: Word 2000 merge > So, what happens if you choose Filtered Data instead of Entire > spreadsheet? > > I open Word and retrieve my formatted envelope. > I click on Tools, down arrow, mail merge and options. When I click on > create, my envelope doc is listed. Next I click get data and open data > source. I click on the exel file with the data and I get a small screen > asking if entire spreadsheet or filter database. I choose entire > spreadsheet. Now my excel data file name is listed. AND the merge button > is > > gray. > > There is some other route I took and it asked for which sheet, and I said > sheet1, which also led me to a gray merge button. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************