How to always link source data (.xlsx) to same directory as Mailmergefile?

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01-23-2018, 10:50 AM

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Windows 7 64bit How to always link source data (.xlsx) to same directory as Mailmergefile?

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Originally Posted by beefcake2000

I would like them to be able to move the mailmergedocument and Excel source data to different folders without them having to reselect (remerge) the source file.

That isn't going to happen. How would Word ever know where it should look for the data source?

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