Merge Word For Mac
Mail merge in Word for Mac 2008 will not preview the merge and will not complete the merge. I am using excel 2008 for Mac.
I read that I need to use a file ending in.xls rather than.xlsx Okay, but that did not solve the problem. I use the Mail Merge Manager and set up the fields but when I try to click on the View Merged Data under Preview, it is gray and not clickable. I can click on View all placeholders, but that does not solve anything. Complete the merge does not work either. I have the headers starting in A1 and have moved the tab to the far left but none of this works.
The fields are all ready to use, but I cannot get the preview or merge function to work. Should I copy the info from Excel to Numbers and try the mail merge in Pages? I am running Snow Leopard v.10.6.8 Thanks for your help. Let's clarify some misinformation first:-) It should make no difference whether the Excel file is saved as.xls or as.xlsx - in fact.xlsx should be better because it is the native format for Office 2008.
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Perhaps what you read pertained to doing a merge using Office 2004 or earlier which has to 'interpret' a file saved in the newer format. Also, the Excel sheet containing the data need not be the leftmost in the workbook, but it must be the active sheet when the workbook is saved & closed. Since you didn't indicate your present version update level of Office 2008 that would be my first suspicion.
The current update is 12.3.6, so I'd suggest you confirm that by going to Word About Word in Word's menu bar. If the version indicated is anything less than 12.3.6 use Help Check for Updates in order to get the software current. Run Disk Utility to repair disk permissions & restart your Mac (regardless of whether any updates were required). If you continue to have a problem please provide as much additional detail as possible including a more complete description of the data as well as the nature of the document you're merging to. Start from scratch in a new Word document & indicate exactly what steps you took & what happened along the way.
If any messages appear please include their exact wording. Please mark HELPFUL or ANSWERED as appropriate to keep list as clean as possible ☺ Regards, Bob J.
- When you perform a mail merge in Microsoft Office Word 2008 for Mac, Word 2008 inserts the records from a data source into your main document. A data source for a mail merge operation can be a Microsoft Excel worksheet, the Office Address Book, a FileMaker Pro database, or a Microsoft Word document.
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How To Use Mail Merge Word For Mac
How to mail merge a word document on a Mac. Word 2016 Mail Merge Tutorial with an Excel Data File (works in Word 2007/2010/2013 as well) - Duration: 10:50. Sali Kaceli 108,548 views.