Vista - Re: mail merge won't work - Beta 2, WordXP, Outlook 2003

"Steve Howard" <steve@SpammersAreScumtomorrows-key.com> wrote in message
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> I've tried to send a mail merge via email. Can't get it to work with Beta
> 2, WordXP, Outlook 2003. I do all the steps in the Mail Merge Wizard,
> linking to an external excel file and then when it gets to pressing
> complete merge, nothing happens. No error messages, no beeps, no sort of
> progress in the status bar of Word.
>
> I'm confident I have the steps right, as I am sending out a regular
> newsletter.
>
> Is this a known bug?
>
>
> Steve

cross posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM
Please reply in newsgroup.

I found the problem. My Word installation seems to have become corrupted.
The spelling and grammar checks were not working, and one or tow other minor
things. I reinstalled Office (actually, I ran a repair installation) and now
the mail merge and everything else is working fine.

I cannot say definitively that the Vista upgrade caused the corruption, but
I hadn't noticed these issues before I upgraded.


Steve

Nevertheless, the bug report to MS should be helpful.

"Steve Howard" <steve@SpammersAreScumtomorrows-key.com> wrote in message
news:ejTogzukGHA.1640@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I found the problem. My Word installation seems to have become corrupted.
>The spelling and grammar checks were not working, and one or tow other
>minor things. I reinstalled Office (actually, I ran a repair installation)
>and now the mail merge and everything else is working fine.
>
> I cannot say definitively that the Vista upgrade caused the corruption,
> but I hadn't noticed these issues before I upgraded.
>
>
> Steve