Mail merge with Word 2002 and access

[jmorlock]

When i try to open the mail merge documents made with word 2000 with word 2002 I keep getting an error saying that "Word could not re-establish a DDE connection to Microsoft Access to complete the current task." Is there any way that this can be fixed?


Sincerely,

Jeremy J. Morlock
IT Specialist

PatentWizard, LLC
E-mail: jeremy@PatentWizard.com
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[PeterMoran]

Hi Jeremy,

I have searched on the Microsoft KBase at (

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-AU;KBHOWTO)

under Word 2002 using "DDE connection" in the Title for you and found these two articles:

WD2002: Error Message: Word Could Not Re-Establish a DDE Connection to Microsoft Access (

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291445)

(291445) - When you insert a Microsoft Access database by using Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), you may receive the following error message: Word could not re-establish a DDE connection to Microsoft Access to complete the current task.

WD2002: Error Message: Word Could Not Re-establish a DDE Connection (

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291458)

(291458) - When you insert a database in a Word document or attach a mail-merge main document to a data source, you may receive the following error message This error message occurs if there is a problem communicating via Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE). To resolve...

Good Luck

Peter Moran
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