Merge Manager and Query Options

[Elliott Roper]

I'd be interested if anyone can reproduce this buggish behavior

I start with a merge template whose source data is an Excel spreadsheet.
(It's an address list.)
When I invoke query options for a surname that contains an apostrophe
e.g. O'Malley, Word tells me
"This merge document contains outdated sorting information. Word is
removing it"
It then refuses to use the record I wanted to select.
If I access the same record via a different field, it works OK.

I'd like to file the bug knowing it was not just me.

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Elliott,

J.E. may be along in a minute to verify this but if not, I'll check with
some of the other MVPs who are in Office X. In the meantime, please remind
me exactly what version of X you're in.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

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[J.E. McGimpsey]

Hi Elliott,

J.E. may be along in a minute to verify this but if not, I'll check with
some of the other MVPs who are in Office X. In the meantime, please remind
me exactly what version of X you're in.

Hmm... I can reproduce the problem - and all the escape techniques I
tried didn't work. I'll submit a bug report (Elliot should too).

 

[Elliott Roper]

Hmm... I can reproduce the problem - and all the escape techniques I
tried didn't work. I'll submit a bug report (Elliot should too).

Thanks J.E., I have done so.