Microsoft KB Archive/166354

= ACC97: DocErr: "Merging Access 97 Data with Word" Help Topic =

Article ID: 166354

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
The Microsoft Access 97 Help topic "Interchange Microsoft Access data with Microsoft Word" states the following about merging data with Word:

  If you are using Microsoft Word version 7.0/95 or later, you can use the Microsoft Word Mail Merge Wizard to create a mail merge document in Word using a link to Microsoft Access data. Once the link is established, you can open your document in Microsoft Word at any time to print a new batch of form letters or labels using the current data in Microsoft Access.

This information is incorrect. You cannot use the Word Mail Merge Wizard to open a Word document in Word 7.0. If you try to do so, you will receive the following error message:

ActiveX component can't create object

To use the Word Mail Merge Wizard in Microsoft Access 97, you must have Word 97 installed on your computer.

