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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For more information about creating data files, click the Office Assistant, type <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>creating a data file,<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot; </del>click Search, and then click <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>Create a new mail merge data source in Word.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del><br /></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For more information about creating data files, click the Office Assistant, type <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>creating a data file,<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>click Search, and then click <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>Create a new mail merge data source in Word.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins><br /></div></td></tr>
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When you attach a data file to a mail merge main document, Microsoft Word may stop responding when switching between Edit Data Source and Edit Main Document.<br />
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This problem occurs if the data file contains too many merged columns, rows, and cells.<br />
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To work around this problem, reformat the data file into a standard format: such as a tab and comma delimited file, or a standard table or spreadsheet structure.<br />
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Word 97 allows you to merge (or combine) adjacent and vertical table rows, columns, or cells. By doing so, you can create a table that is too difficult for Word to parse into the correct rows and columns. If this occurs, Word may stop responding when working with the data file.<br /><br />
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