"Invalid Database" Error Attaching Mail Merge Data Document

Q112710

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SYMPTOMS

In a mail merge main document, if you attach a data document that contains Script, Roman or Modern font formatting or have one of those fonts as your default font, Word for Windows displays the following error message:

Word could not open <FILENAME> because it did not contain a valid database.


STATUS

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.


WORKAROUND

Reformat your data document for a font other than Script, Roman or Modern.

Additional query words: 6.00a winword word6

Keywords : kbprint kbmerge
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Last Reviewed: November 4, 2000
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