Tools menu expanding

D

Dave

How can I keep "Mail Merge" from expanding in the Tools
menu? I have tried following the suggestions offered in
Help and that does not solve the problem.
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

The multiplication of Mail Merge menu entries is caused by the Microsoft
Works Suite Add-in for Word. If you are using Word freestanding (not
starting it from the Works Task Launcher) and have no expectation of using a
Works database or address book as a data source for a Word mail merge, then
you should uninstall the add-in, as this is only one of many problems it
causes in Word. Uninstall it through Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs
(this does not uninstall Works Suite or Word, just the troublesome add-in).
Then restart Word, open Tools | Customize, and drag all but one of the Mail
Merge items from the menu.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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