WD97: Merge Data Source Fails to Attach, Merge, or Allow Check

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• Choosing the navigation buttons on the main document Mail Merge toolbar does not allow navigation past the record with the mismatched double quotation mark. The record number displayed on the toolbar will correspond to the last good record. If the mismatched quotation mark is in the first data record, the record number displayed will be 0 *(zero).
• Merging will quit after the last good record. The following warning message will appear:
  Word could not finish merging these documents or inserting this database.
• Data record searches will begin at the current insertion point location and quit after the last good record. No warning or error messages will appear.
• Data source error checking will quit after the last good record without pinpointing the error and will display the following warning message:
  Word could not finish merging these documents or inserting this database.
• The header delimiter selection screen will display when the data source is attached to the main document if the mismatched double quotation mark is in the first record of the data source. A delimiter can be selected, but the data source will not attach. No errors or warnings will display. The record number box on the main document Mail Merge toolbar will show a 0 (zero).
• In the Data Form dialog box, if Word is attempting to read a record that contains a mismatched quotation mark, then the following message may appear:
  Word cannot read the next record from the data source because the data source has a mismatched double quotation mark.