ID: Q188665
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When you perform a mail merge using a Microsoft Excel data source that does not contain a header row, and you attach a separate header document, Microsoft Word ignores the first row of data from the Excel data file. As a result, if the first row in the Excel spreadsheet contains a data record, this record is not merged.
This problem occurs when you are performing a mail merge via a DDE connection with a Microsoft Excel Worksheet as your data.
In Microsoft Windows, this problem does not occur when you use the Microsoft Excel Worksheet via an Excel Converter or ODBC methods.
This problem also does not occur when you use other types of data sources.
To work around this problem, use any of the following methods.
1. In the Mail Merge Helper, when you click Open Data Source (Get Data
under Data Source), click Confirm Conversions (Word 6.x) or Select
Method (Word 7.x).
3. When the Confirm Data Source dialog box appears, select Microsoft Excel
Worksheet via Converter (*.xls, *.xlw).
Insert a row above the first record in your Excel data file. Word will ignore this first row and merge all of your records.
Instead of using a Header document, insert a row above the first record in your Excel data file and type the header field names in this row.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: excel xl datafile dde dynamic exchange converter field missing one initial
Keywords : kbdta winword kbmerge ntword macword word6 word7 word95
Version : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a; WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; WINNT:6.0
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbpendingLast Reviewed: February 13, 1999