DMM: Error: Word Needed to Close the Mail Merge Helper...
Article ID: 179969
Article Last Modified on 11/7/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Direct Mail Manager for Windows
This article was previously published under Q179969
SYMPTOMS
If you attempt to edit the data file from Microsoft Word while you are in a
document created by a Microsoft Direct Mail Manager Wizard, you may receive
the following error message:
Word needed to close the Mail Merge Helper dialog box because the
current selection is in a text box.
The Mail Merge Helper dialog box goes away, and the data file does not
open.
NOTE: The Edit Data Source button on the Mail Merge toolbar is unavailable
(dimmed).
CAUSE
This functionality is by design. Word does not allow you to edit a data
file while the insertion point is inside a text box.
RESOLUTION
Click outside of the text box before attempting to edit the data source.
Because the Microsoft Direct Mail Manager templates generate documents that
are composed almost entirely of text boxes, it can be difficult to click
the insertion point outside of a text box.
You can get the insertion point out of the text boxes by pressing CTRL+HOME
on the keyboard.
Now, you can edit the data source.
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