Why is update labels grayed out

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Posting Rules. Similar Threads. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. November 28th, , AM posted to microsoft. When doing a mail merge with labels in Microsoft Word. I have the labels picked avery 's, i have my list picked, i have my mail merge fields in one of the labels.

I need to get them to the whole page of labels, actually 2 pages of labels. I am thinking that it is the update field under mailings in microsoft word. But it is greyed out, i cant pick it.

There is no mechanism included by which the My Data Sources folder can be set to a different location; however, you can set the data source folder to a path on the same drive as the My Documents folder by means of a registry hack.

The folder is defined at:. These keys are created the first time you attempt to access a data source for a merge. If the relevant key is not present at the time you edit the registry you can add it.

Edit the 'MyData' sub key to the required folder name without quotes. The start point for the path is My Documents and the entry in the data key would be a sub folder of My Documents, which by default is the My Data Sources sub folder.

If the DataServices key has no entry the default setting is used. To move up to My Documents enter. To move up two folders enter.. I regret I have not found a way to change drives within this mechanism. This method allow you to move the folder to a different path location. In earlier versions of Word connection to the data file was by DDE.

This has benefits and drawback. You can often work round this by applying formatting to the fields in Word. Click the 'Pizza Button' then select Word Options. This provides the opportunity, when connecting to an Excel data file, to select the type of connection, from which you can select DDE, whereupon the connection should behave as it had in Word Insert the fields Having picked the address book or data file you wish to use, Word will verify the data file, read the field names and insert 'Next Record' fields in all the cells except the first if you start from an existing document, the next record fields are added later.

You can ignore all the cells, except the first, for that is where we are going to build our label. Log in. Install the app. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.

You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Mail Merge Labels "Update Labels" greyed out. Thread starter Dianne Griffin Start date Aug 8, Dianne Griffin. In Word , using an existing merge document and Access data, I am unable to use the "update labels" command to make changes in the label format.