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I have a letter in Word format and a source spreadsheet on my computer. I created a mail merge into the letter based on the spreadsheet data. Now I have 20 letters with the populated data from the spreadsheet. So far so good! I emailed the letters to someone and he couldn't open the letters. He received a message "Could not locate source data." How can this be rectified? I know that I can convert to PDF, but he wants the merged letters so he can make specific changes to a few letters.




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You need to complete the merge.
What he received was a primary merge document rather than a completed merge.


Yes, you can save or print this as pdf.
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Now I have 20 letters with the populated data from the spreadsheet. So far so good! I emailed the letters to someone and he couldn't open the letters. He received a message "Could not locate source data."
That suggests you've actually made 20 copies of the mailmerge main document, each with a different record previewed. What you need to do is open the mailmerge main document then go to Mailings|Finish & Merge>Edit Individual Documents>All>OK. That will generate an output document with all your records. Save and send that document.
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