Microsoft KB Archive/137670

WD: Word 5.x Mail Merge Header and Data Source Ignored on Import

PSS ID Number: Q137670 Article last modified on 11-11-1998

MACINTOSH: 5.0, 5.1, 6.0; WINDOWS: 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c, 7.0, 7.0a, 97

MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 5.1, 5.1a == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you convert a Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 5.x, mail merge main document into Microsoft Word version 6.0 or later, you may receive the following error message:

 is a mail merge main document. Word cannot find its data source,.

This problem occurs when the mail merge main document is attached to both a header record and a data source.

= RESOLUTION =

Reattach the header record and the data source. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Click Find Data Source.
 * 2) Select the data source file.
 * 3) Click Open.
 * 4) On the Tools menu, click Mail Merge.
 * 5) Click Get Data and select Header Options.
 * 6) Click Open.
 * 7) Select the header source file.
 * 8) Click Open.
 * 9) Click Close.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0.1.

= REFERENCES =

“Microsoft Word User’s Guide,” version 6.0. Document number WB51157-1093, pages 683-685

“Microsoft Word User’s Guide,” version 6.0. Document number WB60460-0794, pages 711-712

Additional query words: macword5 classicword convert converted converts converting conversion translate translating translation translated translates transfer transferred transfers transferring lost missing gone disappeared not attached unattached can not cannot find print merge mail merge source data header record ====================================================================== Keywords : kbinterop kbmerge macword Version : MACINTOSH: 5.0, 5.1, 6.0; WINDOWS: 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c, 7.0, 7.0a, 97 Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.