Microsoft Word 2004 Mac, data mergeing with File Maker Pro 7 doesnot work

[Carlo Desimoni]

I have to do a mail merge. I would like to use MS Word 2004 for the Mac, and
File Maker Pro 7 as the data source. But it does not nork. It has it on the
list of items to use in MS Word, but Word can not find File Maker Pro 7
documents. Appreciate any suggestions.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

I have to do a mail merge. I would like to use MS Word 2004 for the Mac, and
File Maker Pro 7 as the data source. But it does not nork. It has it on the
list of items to use in MS Word, but Word can not find File Maker Pro 7
documents. Appreciate any suggestions.

Filemaker changed the data format when it released FMP7, making it
incompatible with previous versions. My guess is that the change was too
late in the Office 2004 product cycle to be incorporated.

A workaround would be to use FMP7 to export data in Excel format, then
use that as your data source.