Mail Merge (Microsoft 97 Excel )

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I am trying to use Microsoft Excel data as a mailing list in Word.
I get to the Data Source, Get Data, Open Data Source. Then I go to Files of Type change that to
MS Excel Worksheets click on my cust list. Then I receive a ERROR message (Word could not re-establish a DDE connection to microsoft Excel to complete the current task.
Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong.

Thanks,
Sandy

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If you already had Excel open, try closing it before doing the merge. If you’ve already tried that, or that doesn’t work, it then starts getting tricky.

Jon

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