Re: Mail merge hangs: waiting for DDE

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Max

Try:

a. Opening the source Excel file first before commencing the mail merge
steps in Word. Close all other irrelevant excel files, if any.

b. Check & ensure the excel worksheet containing the data source for the
mail merge is the first one in the source Excel file, ie the leftmost tab.
The data worksheet might have "moved" away to the right due to new sheets
inserted subsequent to its creation.
 
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Waiting for excel to accept DDE commands

I tried multiple approaches including renaming the excel file and the word file and reinstalling office (I am using office 2000). I restored the system to a date just prior to the last time I successfully used the merge function (early October 2008) and that solved the problem.
 

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