Microsoft KB Archive/112664

Word 4.0 Fails to Find Data Document When Print Merging

PSS ID Number: Q112664 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SYMPTOMS =

When print merging, Word fails to automatically find the data document, even though the DATA statement is correct. In addition, the data document may not appear in the print merge Open File dialog box, even when the dialog box shows the contents of the correct folder.

= CAUSE =

This problem may occur when the data and main documents are not stored in the same folder, the data document is closed, and the DATA statement includes the path for the data document.

= WORKAROUNDS =

Method 1: Remove the path from the DATA statement.

Method 2: Issue the print merge command while the data and main documents are open.

Method 3: Place the main and data documents in the same folder.

= MORE INFORMATION =

An example of a DATA statement with a path is:

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The same data statement without a path would look like:

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KBCategory: kbprint KBSubCategory: kbmerge Additional reference words: macword 4.00 macword5 ====================================================================== ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.