Data merge manager - Word-Excel

[Ian Morrin]

I am trying to merge data from Excel into a letter in Word, when I try to do
this word just hangs and does not convert the file. We have just upgraded to
Imac G5's so the software has been upgraded to OSX 10.3.8 as well. The
original docs that I am trying to merge are from Mac office 2001 word 9.0.
The new software that I am now using is office 2004 word ver 11.1.

Is there a reason why this is happening???

Thanks


Ian

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I am trying to merge data from Excel into a letter in Word, when I try to do
this word just hangs and does not convert the file. We have just upgraded to
Imac G5's so the software has been upgraded to OSX 10.3.8 as well. The
original docs that I am trying to merge are from Mac office 2001 word 9.0.
The new software that I am now using is office 2004 word ver 11.1.

Is there a reason why this is happening???

Undoubtedly.

Try the troubleshooting techniques found here:

http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/TroubleshootingIndex.htm

(Use Firefox, Camino, Shiira, OmniWeb, Opera - or if you use Safari, hit
refresh a few times).

 

[Elliott Roper]

I am trying to merge data from Excel into a letter in Word, when I try to do
this word just hangs and does not convert the file. We have just upgraded to
Imac G5's so the software has been upgraded to OSX 10.3.8 as well. The
original docs that I am trying to merge are from Mac office 2001 word 9.0.
The new software that I am now using is office 2004 word ver 11.1.

Is there a reason why this is happening???

I vaguely remember having similar problems when I went from Word 5.1a
to v.X in one leap.

I currently maintain my mailing lists and other Word merge data source
docs in Excel which works wonderfully.[1]

I think I had to redo the merge fields in Word, and that is was
slightly painful - the wretched thing was very reluctant to let me cut
and paste. It was a long time ago, and I might be mis-remembering.

Anyhow, your first step would be to get the merge working from a fresh
Word Document. That will chop the problem in half.

1. Except for always forgetting that attempting to change the excel
while you have the doc based on the word template open results in Excel
bleating 'read only', but not until you go to save it. I should know
better, but it catches me every time. Well, nearly every time!

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Open both the Word document and the Excel Spreadsheet in their Office 2004
applications, make a small change (add and remove a space) and Save.

This will cause an upgrade to the latest Office 2004 internal file
structures, and may solve the problem.

Hope this helps

I am trying to merge data from Excel into a letter in Word, when I try to do
this word just hangs and does not convert the file. We have just upgraded to
Imac G5's so the software has been upgraded to OSX 10.3.8 as well. The
original docs that I am trying to merge are from Mac office 2001 word 9.0.
The new software that I am now using is office 2004 word ver 11.1.

Is there a reason why this is happening???

Thanks


Ian

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Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410

 

[Ian Morrin]

Hi,

I have tried that as well as copying and past special 'Values' into a new
workbook, retyping the letters.... Copying one sheet into a separate work
book and merging from that and the programme still hangs then I have to
Force quit after about 10 mins to get out of Word???

Ian

 

[Jeffrey Weston [MSFT]]

Hey Ian,

At what point is Word hanging? Is it right after you click "Merge to New
Document"? Or when you attach the Data Source?

1. Have you tried creating a test Excel WorkSheet, with just some sample
information and trying to Merge that to your Word document?
2. Have you tried creating a test Word Data Merge document from scratch and
Merging your real Excel Data into it?

Let me know the results of both of those, and maybe we can narrow down the
problem.

Thanks

--
Jeffrey Weston
Mac Word Test
Macintosh Business Unit
Microsoft

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