Can't edit Data source for mail Merge?

[Steventhemacman]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

Hi,

I am asking this question for the secretary at my school, who just switch from a PC running Office XP to a Mac using Office 2008. Her question is how to edit your data source for a mail merge. It is grayed out after she selects the source. In her PC version of Office she would select it (an excel file), then click on Edit data source and pick only the cells she wants to create labels from. I am not to familiar with Office, but she is getting frustrated. Any helps or ideas? I hope I have explained it well enough. Thanks!

Steve

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Steve -

The Edit Data Source command only applies to data source documents created
with Word & is used to manage the data records themselves.

The names of the fields in the record source - regardless of what type of
file - are in step #3 of the Mail Merge Manager [Placeholders]. Drag them to
wherever they need to be inserted into the Main document, typing what ever
text, punctuation, etc. as you go.

Complete instructions are available in Word Help as well as at the Mactopia
web site:

<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/help.mspx?target=875f9813-ee15-41b2-8603-04d42
c6b61671033&clr=99-4-0&MODE=ct&CTT=Search&ep=8&rtype=2&pos=2&quid=48b148af-a
367-4969-80bd-d79897df3507&locale=en-US&usid=804f20d0-0c09-4df7-8885-1459a76
3110d>

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac