Word Mailmerge Mail Grayed Out

Hi everyone,
I've created a mail merge Word doc. (using Office XP) , the data source is
an Access query.
Functionality I'm attempting to set up is:
User sets a boolean field [Merge] to true for each person for whom a mail
merge letter is desired.
The query reads address info from the table for each record where [Merge] is
true.
When I open the doc via Word everything is fine, the data is loaded and the
Mail Merge toolbar is active and I can select 'Merge to New Document'.
I want to open this Word doc. from Access and perform the 'Merge to New
Document' rather than have the user work separately in Word. I can open the
doc. successfully but the mailmerge capability isn't recognized.
Here the part of the code with the problem.
If CreateWordObj Then
gobjWord.Visible = True
gobjWord.Documents.Open CurrentProject.Path & ' & DocName
DoEvents
' NEXT LINE FAILS with err.number = 5852 and err.description =
'requested object is not available'
gobjWord.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Destination = wdSendToNewDocument
gobjWord.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.SuppressBlankLin es = True
gobjWord.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Execute
gobjWord.ActiveDocument.PrintPreview
gobjWord.Visible = True
End If
If I remove the three lines which reference
gobjWord.ActiveDocument.MailMerge then the document opens in print preview
with the mail merge toolbar greyed out so 'merge to new document' is not
available. It's as though the mail merge capability of the document isn't
recognized.
thx for any insight anyone can offer.
Linda
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To start a Mail Merge, follow these steps: On the ribbon, click the Mailings tab. Click Start Mail Merge. Select Email Messages from the menu, then follow the prompts. (A complete tutorial on mail merge is too lengthy to add here.) Copy and Paste. Go through the usual mail merge steps. Note that the email-address does not need to be in the Word message, but I would recommend to have it as a field in the Excel sheet. In the last step the 'generate e-mail messages' option should not be greyed out anymore. A small window pops open.

Article ID
ias-11941
Article Name
Why is the mail merge toolbar greyed out when creating AutoMail Template?
Created Date

Word Mailmerge Mail Grayed Out

29th April 2015
Product
IRIS AutoMail
Problem
Mail
I am trying to insert a tag into an AutoMail template. I have ticked the tag I want to use in the Tag Selection Screen and when I maximise the Word document the 'Merge Field Button' is greyed out. How can I insert my tag?
Resolution
To be able to enter tags to the Word document, you would need to click on the Refresh button in the Tag selection screen. To do this follow these steps:
  • Log on to IRIS AutoMail from IRIS Main Menu
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  • The letter request Browser will be displayed. Click on the Templates button.
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  • The AutoMail – Letter Template Maintenance Screen will be displayed. Highlight the template that you would like to change and click on the Edit button.
  • The Word Template will be displayed.
  • Minimise the Word document, to display the ‘Tag Selection Screen’. Click on the Refresh button.
  • Maximise the Word document, the ‘Insert Merge Field’ buttons will be available.Related ArticlesKB IAS-7078 : How do I setup my own custom AutoMail templates?KB IAS-6864 : What Microsoft Word skills may I need to edit AutoMail templates

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