2007 Merge Data becomes Read-only Michael Jakubowicz 4/11/2007 7:58:01 PM I have users who use multiple merge files (Word 97-2003) attached to .doc data sources. Users who have upgraded to Office 2007 now can not save changes to the data source - they receive the message that the data file is read-only, while 2003 users can save data. Does anyone know a solution or workaround for this?

Re: 2007 Merge Data becomes Read-only "Peter Jamieson" <pjj[ at ]KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> 4/11/2007 8:07:39 PM My guess (and that is all it is, as I cannot now test this scenario) is that they will need to open the .doc data source, save it as .docx, then open their Mail Merge Main document and connect to the .docx. If they are sharing these data sourrces with users of other versions of Word, that's not going to work anyway, but there's nothing I can do about that. Peter Jamieson "Michael Jakubowicz" <MichaelJakubowicz[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:324191C5-31A7-46E3-BEA8-D856C26FEC9D[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have users who use multiple merge files (Word 97-2003) attached to .doc > data sources. Users who have upgraded to Office 2007 now can not save > changes > to the data source - they receive the message that the data file is > read-only, while 2003 users can save data. Does anyone know a solution or > workaround for this?

RE: 2007 Merge Data becomes Read-only Average PC GUY 6/21/2007 3:48:01 PM I've been working on this problem now for two days. I haven't found anything either. It seems when I move the document from the networked location to local C: drive everything works, but it was working in Word2003 on the network. Here is the error and steps I take: When I open the Mail Merge Recipients, edit them, and then close the document it gives me this error. "61CE2303.docx is a mail merge main document that is attached to a data source list07.doc that has not been saved. Do you want to save list07.docx? We I click yes.. it tells me the file is read-only. It's not... I've installed patches...all the updates and everything else I can think of.

Re: 2007 Merge Data becomes Read-only "Peter Jamieson" <pjj[ at ]KillmapSpjjnet.demon.co.uk> 6/21/2007 4:44:08 PM I reported this problem to Microsoft a couple of months ago and they were able to reproduce the problem and submit whatever they submit - a request for a fix to the product group, I think. So in other words Microsoft knows about the problem, but precisely what they will do about it and when is another question. Peter Jamieson "Average PC GUY" <AveragePCGUY[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:019B1198-B179-4C94-851F-41E9193B82BD[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I've been working on this problem now for two days. I haven't found > anything > either. It seems when I move the document from the networked location to > local C: drive everything works, but it was working in Word2003 on the > network. Here is the error and steps I take: When I open the Mail Merge > Recipients, edit them, and then close the document it gives me this error. > "61CE2303.docx is a mail merge main document that is attached to a data > source list07.doc that has not been saved. Do you want to save > list07.docx? > We I click yes.. it tells me the file is read-only. It's not... I've > installed patches...all the updates and everything else I can think of. > >

Re: 2007 Merge Data becomes Read-only Average PC GUY 6/21/2007 6:21:00 PM Well it works in excel...go figure. I guess I'll convert all 100 of the other ones to excel files. If I wait and hold my breath for microsoft's answer...I'll probably be shaking hands with elvis. :) Thanks for the replies