WD2000: Mail Merge Helper Behaves Differently When You Use a Macro (212150)

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When you use a macro command to activate the Mail Merge Helper dialog box, some of the options either are unavailable or are already activated with the use of defaults rather than offering you choices.

For example, when you run the following macro example in a mail merge main document

Sub MyMailMergeHelper()
   Set mydialog = Dialogs(wdDialogMailMergeHelper)
   With mydialog
      .Show
   End With
End Sub

the following problems may occur:

The Create document type option does not allow you to select a new main document. The macro automatically changes the active window to the new mail merge main document you selected.
The Restore to Normal Word document option does not offer a confirmation dialog box. The macro immediately removes all data file and header file information.
The Edit Data Source button opens the data source in View Source mode rather than the Data Form dialog box. To open the file in the Data Form dialog box, click the Data Form button on the Mail Merge toolbar.

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The following are descriptions of what Microsoft Word normally does when you click in the Mail Merge Helper. The Mail Merge Helper does not respond normally when you use a macro to display it, and the problems described in the "Symptoms" section of this article may occur.

When you click Create in the Mail Merge Helper dialog box and select a different type of main document, Word prompts you with a message similar to the following to verify the change of document type:
You can change file name from form letters to mailing labels or you can create a new main document.
When you click Create and click Restore to Normal Word Document in the Mail Merge Helper dialog box, Word prompts you with a message similar to the following to verify that you want to revert from the existing document to a normal Word file and break the link to its data source:
By restoring file name to a normal Word document, the text from the document will not change. However, file name will no longer be a mail merge main document.

Do you want to continue?
When you click Edit (under Data Source) in the Mail Merge Helper and then select the attached data file, Word displays the Data Form dialog box.

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WD2000: Mail Merge Helper Behaves Differently When You Use a Macro (212150)

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