WD97: Can't Cancel Options Dialog Box of "Cannot Find Data Source" Error
Article ID: 198313
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q198313
SYMPTOMS
When you open a mail merge main document whose underlying data source is
missing, the following error message appears:
<Document name> is a mail merge main document. Word cannot find its
data source, <Data source document name>.
On the error message dialog box, there are a Find Data Source button and
an
Options button.
When you click the Options button, there is no Cancel button on the
Options
dialog box to allow you to return to the prior dialog box if you decide to
choose the Find Data Source button instead.
WORKAROUND
To return to the previous dialog box and display the choices of Find Data
Source or Options, press ESC on your keyboard.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: OFF98
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbmerge KB198313