Get Mail Merge Toolbar automatically ?

[+Bob+]

In Word 2000, when I opened an existing mail merge document, I would
first be asked to locate the data store (if moved) and then Word would
pop up the document with the Mail Merge toolbar automatically
displayed. The toolbar would disappear when a non-mail merge doc was
opened at any time. It was all "automatic"

In Word 2002, I have to manually turn on the Mail Merge Toolbar even
after locating the data source. Once it's on, it stays on (like any
other toolbar) and I have to manually shut it off.

Is there some way to get it to work automatically again ?

Thanks,

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi +Bob+,

In Word 2000, when I opened an existing mail merge document, I would
first be asked to locate the data store (if moved) and then Word would
pop up the document with the Mail Merge toolbar automatically
displayed. The toolbar would disappear when a non-mail merge doc was
opened at any time. It was all "automatic"

In Word 2002, I have to manually turn on the Mail Merge Toolbar even
after locating the data source. Once it's on, it stays on (like any
other toolbar) and I have to manually shut it off.

Is there some way to get it to work automatically again ?

Getting it to open when a mail merge document opens is straight-forward
enough, with an AutoOpen macro in the document or in Normal.dot. You'll
find an example for that in the Word 2002/2003 section of my website's
MailMerge FAQ.

Getting it to show/hide depending on context is a much more complicated,
as it involves using events...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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