Microsoft KB Archive/179614

= ACC97: Word Does Not Quit After "Merge It with MS Word" Fails =

Article ID: 179614

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q179614



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Access 97, when you use the "Merge It with MS Word" Wizard to merge a Microsoft Access table or query with a Microsoft Word 97 document, Microsoft Word 97 does not close automatically if the merge process fails.



RESOLUTION
You must manually close Microsoft Word 97 if the "Merge It with MS Word" Wizard fails.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 97.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
  In Microsoft Access 97, open a database and create the following new table:

        Table: Table1 ---        Field Name: Myfield Data Type: Text  Save the table as Table1. When prompted to create a primary key, click No. In the Database window, select the Table1 table. On the Tools menu, point to Office Links, and then click "Merge It with MS Word." When the wizard starts, click the "Create a new document and then link the data to it" option. Click OK.</li>  After a few minutes, the Mail Merge Wizard returns the following error message:

<pre class="fixed_text">     Word could not merge the main document with the data source because the data records were empty or no data records matched your query options. </li> Click OK.

Note that Microsoft Word 97 and the new merge document remain open.</li></ol>

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