Change "My Data Sources"

[Matthew]

I have Office 2003.

I have a folder I use for mail merges other than "My Data Sources". Can I
change the folder Word lookes in for mail merge data from "My Data Sources"
to another one?

Matthew

 

[Graham Mayor]

You can't change the default folder without hacking the registry, but you
can look in any folder for your data and the simplest solution is to add a
shortcut on your places bar.

For the registry hack, locate
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\DataServices
You can change the location here, but it must be to a sub folder of My
Documents or the results are unpredictable. For a sub folder called - say -
Test, enter Test in place of My Data Services. Full path entries do not
appear to work correctly.

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[Graham Mayor]

Oops - that last para should have read My Data Sources - not Services - but
you knew that

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