|  | Mail Merge of 97 & 2003 docs into 2007 | | |
| | | itgirl |  |
|  Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: Mail Merge of 97 & 2003 docs into 2007 |  |
We have a bunch of mail merge documents that were created in 97 or 2003 which
do not work with 2007. They are 2 Word documents, one of which is the
datasource consisting of a table of "merge fields", the other is the letter.
When you open the Main doc (the letter) you had a toolbar button called Data
form where you entered the information to merge together for each letter. For
example Name, address, city, state, zip, etc. Once the Data forms were
filled in you clicked on the View Merged data (abc button) and there was all
the information you input merged into the letter. You could then merge to
printer or a new document. Well, in 2007 I cannot find the Data form button
to input the information to merge. Can anyone please help???!!! |
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| | | Graham Mayor | |
| | Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:56 am Post subject: Re: Mail Merge of 97 & 2003 docs into 2007 | |
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Data form? You can create a datasource in Word 2007 from the Mailings tab
(Select Recipients - Type New List) or open an existing data source - see
LINK
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itgirl wrote:
| Quote: | We have a bunch of mail merge documents that were created in 97 or
2003 which do not work with 2007. They are 2 Word documents, one of
which is the datasource consisting of a table of "merge fields", the
other is the letter. When you open the Main doc (the letter) you had
a toolbar button called Data form where you entered the information
to merge together for each letter. For example Name, address, city,
state, zip, etc. Once the Data forms were filled in you clicked on
the View Merged data (abc button) and there was all the information
you input merged into the letter. You could then merge to printer or
a new document. Well, in 2007 I cannot find the Data form button to
input the information to merge. Can anyone please help???!!! |
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| | | itgirl | |
| | Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: Mail Merge of 97 & 2003 docs into 2007 | |
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I figured it out with your help. If I go to Edit Recipient List, highlight
the Datasource, and click Edit, it brings up the Data Form my end users are
used to seeing. It's just one more step but a heck of a lot easier than
having to rebuild 100 plus docs which is what I was beginning to think I was
going to have to do. Whew!! Thanks for your help!
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
| Quote: | Data form? You can create a datasource in Word 2007 from the Mailings tab
(Select Recipients - Type New List) or open an existing data source - see
LINK
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site LINK
Word MVP web site LINK
itgirl wrote:
We have a bunch of mail merge documents that were created in 97 or
2003 which do not work with 2007. They are 2 Word documents, one of
which is the datasource consisting of a table of "merge fields", the
other is the letter. When you open the Main doc (the letter) you had
a toolbar button called Data form where you entered the information
to merge together for each letter. For example Name, address, city,
state, zip, etc. Once the Data forms were filled in you clicked on
the View Merged data (abc button) and there was all the information
you input merged into the letter. You could then merge to printer or
a new document. Well, in 2007 I cannot find the Data form button to
input the information to merge. Can anyone please help???!!!
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| | | Graham Mayor | |
| | Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:58 am Post subject: Re: Mail Merge of 97 & 2003 docs into 2007 | |
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You are welcome :)
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site LINK
Word MVP web site LINK
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itgirl wrote:
| Quote: | I figured it out with your help. If I go to Edit Recipient List,
highlight the Datasource, and click Edit, it brings up the Data Form
my end users are used to seeing. It's just one more step but a heck
of a lot easier than having to rebuild 100 plus docs which is what I
was beginning to think I was going to have to do. Whew!! Thanks for
your help!
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Data form? You can create a datasource in Word 2007 from the
Mailings tab (Select Recipients - Type New List) or open an existing
data source - see
LINK
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site LINK
Word MVP web site LINK
itgirl wrote:
We have a bunch of mail merge documents that were created in 97 or
2003 which do not work with 2007. They are 2 Word documents, one of
which is the datasource consisting of a table of "merge fields", the
other is the letter. When you open the Main doc (the letter) you had
a toolbar button called Data form where you entered the information
to merge together for each letter. For example Name, address, city,
state, zip, etc. Once the Data forms were filled in you clicked on
the View Merged data (abc button) and there was all the information
you input merged into the letter. You could then merge to printer
or a new document. Well, in 2007 I cannot find the Data form
button to input the information to merge. Can anyone please
help???!!! |
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