[mso] yet another Mail Merge problem
- From: Richard Plecenik <rplecen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:15:52 -0500
I'm trying to merge some Word documents with an Access database. A
little background; the database was originally an MS Works db and the
Word documents were linked using the Word in Works add-in. I removed the
link to the Works db and linked to the Access db. I deleted all of the
old fields and inserted the fields from the new db. I did this for 282
documents individually. (I hope no one is going to tell me there is an
easier way to do this.)
The db is very simple; 1 table, 1 main query, and 1 main form. The query
performs calculations and acts as the record source for the form.
My problem is that some of the data that I want to merge into the
documents is in the query but the link looks at the table when the
document opens. I know that I can use the 'Open Data Source' button or
the Mail Merge Helper to pick the specific object in the db that I want
to merge with, but I have to make this idiot proof. I need a way link to
the query when the document opens. Any ideas? This is running on Windows
2000/XP using Office 2000/XP.
ric
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