WD2001: Unable to Open Main Merge Document When the Data Source Has Been Replaced with a Word Document (272828)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2001 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q272828

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to open a data merge main document to which you have attached a Word document as the data source, you receive an alert similar to the following:
MyFileName is a data merge main document. Word cannot find its data source, MyDataFile.
If you click Find File in the alert box, the alert reappears. If you click Cancel instead, you receive the following error message:
There is not enough memory or disk space to complete the operation.

CAUSE

This occurs if you first attach either a FileMaker Pro database or an Office Address Book as the data source, and then save and close the main document. If you subsequently replace the data source with a Word document, and then save and close the main merge document, you are unable to open it again.

Word tries to read the Word data source as a FileMaker Pro or an Office Address Book file. When it fails to find such a document, it display the alert message.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac.

MORE INFORMATION

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.


For more information about working with data sources in merge operations, follow these steps:
  1. On the Help menu, click Contents and Index, click Index, and then click M.
  2. Scroll down until you locate merge, and then click the arrow to the left to view a list of topics under the general topic.
  3. Click Working with data sources in data merge.
If you cannot find the information that you want, ask the Office Assistant.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/14/2002
Keywords:kbbug KB272828
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