Ok Glenda...are you saying that after you've completed the merge and go back to the Mail Merge dialog box, the button at the bottom that says "Query options" or something like that is grayed out? That's in Word 2000...in Word 2002, AFTER YOU'VE COMPLETED THE MERGE, are you saying that in Step 3 of the merge, if you look in the task pane, "Edit Recipient List" is not available? Remember, this is AFTER you've completed the merge and the data from Excel is already in there....you still can't run a filter? If so, that is definitely weird and I've never seen a setup like that in all the companies I've done mail merges with....no matter where the Excel data was, once the merge was done, the data was now in the actual merge document and anything I wanted to do with it then I could do. Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenda Wells Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:48 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Word Form IF Statement...Maybe? trust me Linda. I DON'T have access to the file. All I can see in Word is the list Insert Merge Fields icon. The Open Data Source and Mail Merge Recipients icons are grayed out. The only thing I can do is choose which fields I want to include in a merge, one of which is that blasted @#$%* communication field. isn't there some way in a merge field to say 'like' ? ************************************************************* 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, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************