different word versions - works in 2000 and 2007, but not 2002

[cw]

Hi

I am having a bit of a problem with word 2002

following on from an older post (see below the line)

I was getting a runtime error 5535 in 2007 when the text (source file)
contained Unicode and I selected windows default when opening

once I had discovered this and selected utf-8 on opening it worked fine in
07 and 2000

however in word 2002 when I open the word file I don't get the option to
select the text encoding of the source file and I get the same runtime error
5535

any thought or ways to get this option back would be most appreciated

see below the line for my original post

Thanks
Craig


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Sorry

I think I have found the problem

it was the encoding of the text if I open the datasource as 'windows
default' I get the error when it try's to do the mail merge

if I open the text datasource as Unicode utf8 it works fine

there was some German characters in the text

thanks for the input though

Craig

 

[Peter Jamieson]

OK, not sure on this as Word 2003 fixed some problems in Word 2002 to do
with data sources and this could be one of them. The following article /may/
be relevant even though it seems only to be about Word 2003:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834948

Otherwise, I have one more idea which needs a bit more research.

Peter Jamieson

 

[cw]

Thanks Peter I will take a look

OK, not sure on this as Word 2003 fixed some problems in Word 2002 to do
with data sources and this could be one of them. The following article
/may/ be relevant even though it seems only to be about Word 2003:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/834948

Otherwise, I have one more idea which needs a bit more research.

Peter Jamieson