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| Cant specify merge data source |
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Word 2003, windows XP: Our staff member has a merge document which uses a table in another word document for its data source. Both documents are on a network share drive, and they can be properly merged and opened on many computers in our office. However, all merge documents quit working on one staff member's computer. On the problem PC, when the document is opened, the error is received that Word cannot find the data source. I go through the find menu to select the data source, only to receive the same error yet again, and the loop continues. Word can see and open the data source document just fine, but it will not accept it as the merge data source. This same process and same documents worked on this PC until very recently. It seemed to break around the same time as a spyware infection followed by installation if IE7 beta. All spyware has been removed, is there anything in IE7 beta that could be impacting Word's connecting to a data source? I have tried uninstalling, restarting, and reinstalling microsoft Office 2003 Professional to no avail. Carmen Mercer Spokane Schools Spokane WA |
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Move a copy of the data source to the local machine. Does it work 'ok'? If so, it sounds like a network access issue. _ PJK _ "SpEducator" wrote: > Word 2003, windows XP: > > Our staff member has a merge document which uses a table in another word > document for its data source. Both documents are on a network share drive, > and they can be properly merged and opened on many computers in our office. > However, all merge documents quit working on one staff member's computer. > > On the problem PC, when the document is opened, the error is received that > Word cannot find the data source. I go through the find menu to select the > data source, only to receive the same error yet again, and the loop > continues. > > Word can see and open the data source document just fine, but it will not > accept it as the merge data source. > > This same process and same documents worked on this PC until very recently. > It seemed to break around the same time as a spyware infection followed by > installation if IE7 beta. All spyware has been removed, is there anything in > IE7 beta that could be impacting Word's connecting to a data source? > > I have tried uninstalling, restarting, and reinstalling microsoft Office > 2003 Professional to no avail. > > Carmen Mercer > Spokane Schools > Spokane WA |
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Yes, the data source does work if it is on the local machine. However, the user can navigate to the network share and open the data source document for reading and writing just fine. The user doesn't have problems accessing any network resources. Are there any security elements that install with IE7 that would do this? We're going to uninstall IE7 anyway because it shouldn't really be there. Maybe that will fix it... "Kooster" wrote: > move a copy of the data source to the local machine. Does it work 'ok'? If > so, it sounds like a network access issue. > > _ PJK _ > > "SpEducator" wrote: > > > Word 2003, windows XP: > > > > Our staff member has a merge document which uses a table in another word > > document for its data source. Both documents are on a network share drive, > > and they can be properly merged and opened on many computers in our office. > > However, all merge documents quit working on one staff member's computer. > > > > On the problem PC, when the document is opened, the error is received that > > Word cannot find the data source. I go through the find menu to select the > > data source, only to receive the same error yet again, and the loop > > continues. > > > > Word can see and open the data source document just fine, but it will not > > accept it as the merge data source. > > > > This same process and same documents worked on this PC until very recently. > > It seemed to break around the same time as a spyware infection followed by > > installation if IE7 beta. All spyware has been removed, is there anything in > > IE7 beta that could be impacting Word's connecting to a data source? > > > > I have tried uninstalling, restarting, and reinstalling microsoft Office > > 2003 Professional to no avail. > > > > Carmen Mercer > > Spokane Schools > > Spokane WA |
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