Transition from Word 2000 to 2003 and template/mail merge issues

[CJ]

I have several templates that pull merge data from an excel spreadsheet, all
of which work just fine in Word 2000. However, when trying to open them in
Word 2003 the following happens:
1. If Local Open, the database (.xls sheet) is no longer associated with
the template.
2. After that doesn't work, if we try opening the template from Recent
Files, the database is associated with the template.
3. The merge works on some but not all records, even though the merge is
based on the first column in the database.

I'm so confused, and I don't even know the right questions to ask you.

 

[CJ]

Well, it turns out that the following code does not work with Word 2003:
Dialogs(wdDialogMailMergeFindRecord).Show
I had to revert to this code instead: WordBasic.MailMergeFindEntry

Now the templates work. I wish the find record would still work like it did
in Word 2002.