If I select a table from another library, I get errors because Word ran a query without specifying the library so the table is not found.
#Word mail merge troubleshooting software#
QIWS is the default library for this data source and I am limited by the functionality of the mail merge software to selecting only tables in that default library. 6, you see that the list includes tables from the QIWS library and the MIKSWENS library.
It might include tables from other libraries depending on your user profile and data source settings. Next, the wizard presents you with a list of tables from your default library. Select the data source you created for the mail merge and click " Next >" (Fig. The Data Connection Wizard opens when you click " New Source." select ODBC DSN and click " Next >" (Fig. Do not select one of these data sources instead, click " New Source." (Fig. This opens a window that defaults to the location for the file data sources. The third step in the wizard has options to Select recipients, under the option " Use an existing list" select the " Browse." link (Fig. In the Mail Merge Wizard, select the document type and the starting document. Click the Tools menu and select " Letters and Mailings" and " Mail Merge Wizard." This opens the Mail Merge wizard in the task pane (see Fig. If you do not already have a document open in Word, create a new document. You can right-click any blank space in any of Word's toolbars and click " Mail Merge" on the pop-up menu, or you can click the View menu, select " Toolbars" and " Mail Merge". Start by making sure that you have the Mail Merge toolbar visible. Finally, you can view the letter with the retrieved, or merged, data then print or save the document.
In Microsoft Word, create a document, specify a source for the mail merge data, and write the document and insert merge fields into the document as placeholders for the data that comes from the mail merge source.