"Insert Merge fields" button is inactive

In Word 2003, I am trying to convert a letter into a document that I can use
for a mail merge. On the toolbar, the "insert Word field" button is active.
However, the button to its left, the "insert merge fields" button is
greyed-out or inactive.

I want to insert address merge fields into this doucment. How can I make
the "insert merge fields" button light up so I can use it?

Attach the data file. See
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_lab...th_word_xp.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Robert Judge wrote:
In Word 2003, I am trying to convert a letter into a document that I
can use for a mail merge. On the toolbar, the "insert Word field"
button is active. However, the button to its left, the "insert merge
fields" button is greyed-out or inactive.

I want to insert address merge fields into this document. How can I
make the "insert merge fields" button light up so I can use it?

Is the file connected to a data source? Perhaps you've got the mail merge
toolbar up, but you never created a "mail merge document" using
Tools--Letters and Mailings...
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"Robert Judge" wrote in message
...
In Word 2003, I am trying to convert a letter into a document that I can
use
for a mail merge. On the toolbar, the "insert Word field" button is
active.
However, the button to its left, the "insert merge fields" button is
greyed-out or inactive.

I want to insert address merge fields into this doucment. How can I make
the "insert merge fields" button light up so I can use it?