I have done mail merges many times but today I tried to prepare my Christmas
Card labels and I can't get it to work. I have Microsort Office 2000 and my
new operating system is Vista. I have created an Excel spreadsheet with the
names and addresses but when I go to Microsoft Word and try to open the data
base it won't bring up any Excel options to choose from. The only options I
get are Word Documents or Rich Text or MS Database. How do I get to my Excel
file? I hope I'm making sense.
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Nancy M

Hi Nancy

Maybe you have done this but maybe not
Whenyou get the options At the top you have "Look in " Box

Are you directing it to where your Excel sheet is stored?

Hope This Helps

Stew

"Nancy M" wrote:

I have done mail merges many times but today I tried to prepare my Christmas
Card labels and I can't get it to work. I have Microsort Office 2000 and my
new operating system is Vista. I have created an Excel spreadsheet with the
names and addresses but when I go to Microsoft Word and try to open the data
base it won't bring up any Excel options to choose from. The only options I
get are Word Documents or Rich Text or MS Database. How do I get to my Excel
file? I hope I'm making sense.
--
Nancy M

What options are you using in Word? If you use Tools/ Letters and Mailings/
Mail Merge/ Labels, you get through to the stage where Excel files are
selectable as the data source.
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David Biddulph

"Nancy M" wrote in message
...
I have done mail merges many times but today I tried to prepare my
Christmas
Card labels and I can't get it to work. I have Microsort Office 2000 and
my
new operating system is Vista. I have created an Excel spreadsheet with
the
names and addresses but when I go to Microsoft Word and try to open the
data
base it won't bring up any Excel options to choose from. The only options
I
get are Word Documents or Rich Text or MS Database. How do I get to my
Excel
file? I hope I'm making sense.
--
Nancy M