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Unable to Edit Data Source After Attaching MS Excel Worksheet

Article ID: 144390

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006


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SYMPTOMS

You are unable to edit a Microsoft Excel Worksheet data source attached to a Word mail merge main document by clicking the Edit Data Source button on the Mail Merge toolbar or by using the Mail Merge Helper.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, open the worksheet in Microsoft Excel, make your changes, and save the worksheet. In Word, re-attach the Microsoft Excel worksheet.

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 98 Macintosh Edition.

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