WD2000: ErrMsg: "Word could not merge these documents or insert this database."

ID: Q224050

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

ERROR MESSAGE

When you are working with a mail merge data source, the following error message may appear:

Word could not merge these documents or insert this database.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSE

Most likely, there are mismatched double quotation marks in a mail merge data source document.

WHAT TO TRY

Most likely, there are mismatched double quotation marks in a mail merge data source document.

Open the data source file without attaching it to the main file. Browse or search for any mismatched quotation marks, and correct them by providing matching left and right quotation marks or by removing the problem quotation marks.

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Additional query words: OFF2000


Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb