Word Mail merge lables from .xls document

Office 2000 Windows XP Pro: I am trying to create Avery 8160 lables in WORD
form an Excel database. . My sequence in WORD is as follows. Tools>Mail
Merge>Create Main Document>Mailing Lables> Active Window>Get Data>Open Data
Source. When I get to into folder that contains the .xls file the only files
listed in that folder are WORD files. When I click on the File Type drop down
menu at the botton of the OPEN DATA SOURCE window, the only options I have
are "All Word Documents", "Word documents", "Web pages", "Rich text format",
"Text files and "MS Access databases" (for what it's worth I don't even have
M.S.Access but I do have Excel.). There is no "All Files" or "Excel
databases" option. I have done this successfully in the past with Office 2000
and XP Pro but it is not working now. Help

Go to Start>Settings>Control Panel>Data Sources(ODBC)>User DSN and see what is
listed.

If Excel not listed, click Add and follow the route.

If Excel is listed check Configuration and follow the route.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP


On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:06:06 -0800, "ibexx" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Office 2000 Windows XP Pro: I am trying to create Avery 8160 lables in WORD
>form an Excel database. . My sequence in WORD is as follows. Tools>Mail
>Merge>Create Main Document>Mailing Lables> Active Window>Get Data>Open Data
>Source. When I get to into folder that contains the .xls file the only files
>listed in that folder are WORD files. When I click on the File Type drop down
>menu at the botton of the OPEN DATA SOURCE window, the only options I have
>are "All Word Documents", "Word documents", "Web pages", "Rich text format",
>"Text files and "MS Access databases" (for what it's worth I don't even have
>M.S.Access but I do have Excel.). There is no "All Files" or "Excel
>databases" option. I have done this successfully in the past with Office 2000
>and XP Pro but it is not working now. Help

Gordon,
Thanks for the prompt reply. Excel is listed in the data source
administrator. When I enter Configure I see Data Source Name "Excel Files",
Description is empty, Database version is "Excl 97-2000", Options>Driver rows
to scan "8">Select Workbook>database name "xls". Where do I go from here?

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

> Go to Start>Settings>Control Panel>Data Sources(ODBC)>User DSN and see what is
> listed.
>
> If Excel not listed, click Add and follow the route.
>
> If Excel is listed check Configuration and follow the route.
>
>
> Gord Dibben Excel MVP
>
>
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:06:06 -0800, "ibexx" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Office 2000 Windows XP Pro: I am trying to create Avery 8160 lables in WORD
> >form an Excel database. . My sequence in WORD is as follows. Tools>Mail
> >Merge>Create Main Document>Mailing Lables> Active Window>Get Data>Open Data
> >Source. When I get to into folder that contains the .xls file the only files
> >listed in that folder are WORD files. When I click on the File Type drop down
> >menu at the botton of the OPEN DATA SOURCE window, the only options I have
> >are "All Word Documents", "Word documents", "Web pages", "Rich text format",
> >"Text files and "MS Access databases" (for what it's worth I don't even have
> >M.S.Access but I do have Excel.). There is no "All Files" or "Excel
> >databases" option. I have done this successfully in the past with Office 2000
> >and XP Pro but it is not working now. Help
>

Never having had to go through this operation, I am just about as lost as you
are<g>

When I click on Help it lists the options. Try pointing to your Excel
workbook thorugh the "Select Workbook" option.

You say you used to be able to use Excel as a source for Word mailmerge.

Have you changed your computer set up since?

That is a pretty skimpy list of sources in the File Types dialog.

I have at least 20 options.

Not familiar with Office 2000(97, 2002 and 2003 installed).

Is there a "detect and repair" on Excel Help?

Can you you repair Office through Control Panel>Add/remove?

Sorry. I'm not being much help other than chasing you around.

I don't know why you have such a short list of sources.

You sure you scrolled all the way down in the list box?


Gord

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:46:01 -0800, "ibexx" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Gordon,
>Thanks for the prompt reply. Excel is listed in the data source
>administrator. When I enter Configure I see Data Source Name "Excel Files",
>Description is empty, Database version is "Excl 97-2000", Options>Driver rows
>to scan "8">Select Workbook>database name "xls". Where do I go from here?
>
>"Gord Dibben" wrote:
>
>> Go to Start>Settings>Control Panel>Data Sources(ODBC)>User DSN and see what is
>> listed.
>>
>> If Excel not listed, click Add and follow the route.
>>
>> If Excel is listed check Configuration and follow the route.
>>
>>
>> Gord Dibben Excel MVP
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:06:06 -0800, "ibexx" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Office 2000 Windows XP Pro: I am trying to create Avery 8160 lables in WORD
>> >form an Excel database. . My sequence in WORD is as follows. Tools>Mail
>> >Merge>Create Main Document>Mailing Lables> Active Window>Get Data>Open Data
>> >Source. When I get to into folder that contains the .xls file the only files
>> >listed in that folder are WORD files. When I click on the File Type drop down
>> >menu at the botton of the OPEN DATA SOURCE window, the only options I have
>> >are "All Word Documents", "Word documents", "Web pages", "Rich text format",
>> >"Text files and "MS Access databases" (for what it's worth I don't even have
>> >M.S.Access but I do have Excel.). There is no "All Files" or "Excel
>> >databases" option. I have done this successfully in the past with Office 2000
>> >and XP Pro but it is not working now. Help
>>