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
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SYMPTOMS
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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:
 
   <File name> is a mail merge main document. Word cannot find its
   data source, <datafile name>.
 
This problem occurs when the mail merge main document is attached to both
a header record and a data source.
 
RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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"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
 
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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
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