Microsoft KB Archive/211437

= WD2000: Mail Merge Main Documents and Data Documents Not Saved in Background =

Article ID: 211437

Article Last Modified on 8/6/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211437





SYMPTOMS
When you save a Mail Merge main document, it is saved in the foreground, even if the Allow background saves check box is selected.

When you close the Mail Merge main document, if you receive the following message

Do you want to save the changes you made to ?

and you click Yes to save, the data file is saved in the foreground.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The Background Save feature is used to continue working in Microsoft Word while you save a document. Keep in mind that Background Save uses additional system memory. If you need to conserve system resources, you may want to turn off Background Save. To disable the Background Save feature, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.
 * 2) Click to clear the Allow background saves check box.

NOTES:
 * When Microsoft Word saves a document in the background, a pulsing disk icon appears on the status bar.
 * If Microsoft Word cannot save a document in the background -- for example, if you do not have enough hard disk space or if you are saving a document to a floppy disk -- Word saves the document in the foreground instead.

Additional query words: mailmerge

Keywords: kbbug kbmerge kbpending KB211437

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