Breaking source link for mail merge labels

[M]

Hello,
I have completed a labels mail merge from an excel source file.
The result is 41 pages of labels.
I would like to sevre the link to the source and edit my labels as a word
document.
However when I follow the Word help instructions of going to main document
set up and choosing normal word document, I only end up with one page of
labels.
I would like to have all the pages saved in one word document (with no link
to the excel file). Please provide any tips.

 

[macropod]

Hello,
I have completed a labels mail merge from an excel source file.
The result is 41 pages of labels.
I would like to sevre the link to the source and edit my labels as a word
document.
However when I follow the Word help instructions of going to main document
set up and choosing normal word document, I only end up with one page of
labels.
I would like to have all the pages saved in one word document (with no link
to the excel file). Please provide any tips.

If you want to work with the 41-page document, you have to run the mailmerge and work with the output - which will be unlinked
anyway.

Cheers

 

[M]

Thanks Marcropod.
I have run the merge. I forgot to mention that this is the 2003 version.
The output when saved is alway staying linked.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

You have NOT executed the merge. You must execute it to a new document.
From the View menu, select Toolbars and check the Mail Merge item. That
toolbar contains buttons that allow you to perform the whole mail merge
process for A - Z, including buttons at the right hand end to execute the
merge to the various possible destinations.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP