ACC97: DocErr: "Merging Access 97 Data with Word" Help Topic

ID: Q166354

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 97

SUMMARY

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

The Microsoft Access 97 Help topic "Interchange Microsoft Access data with Microsoft Word" states the following about merging data with Word:


   If you are using Microsoft Word version 7.0/95 or later, you can use the
   Microsoft Word Mail Merge Wizard to create a mail merge document in Word
   using a link to Microsoft Access data. Once the link is established, you
   can open your document in Microsoft Word at any time to print a new
   batch of form letters or labels using the current data in Microsoft
   Access.

This information is incorrect. You cannot use the Word Mail Merge Wizard to open a Word document in Word 7.0. If you try to do so, you will receive the following error message:

ActiveX component can't create object

To use the Word Mail Merge Wizard in Microsoft Access 97, you must have Word 97 installed on your computer.

REFERENCES

For more information about using the "Merge It with MS Word" feature, search the Help Index for "merging," and then "merging data with Microsoft Word Mail Merge Wizard."


Keywords          : kbinterop WzOthr 
Version           : 97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: April 19, 1999