I have a perplexing problem with a Access/Word merge. The Word main document is connected to an Access query. Once the connection was established, the Word document was saved to preserve the DDE link between the document and query. However, when the user tries to perform the merge, a dialog box appears asking if the user wants to find the data source. Even when you navigate to the data source and save the document, the next time the user opens the document, the same problem occurs. Bottom line is that it will not hold the link on that user’s workstation. Please consider the following facts: The user has been doing this merge for an extended period and this is just now a problem. Other users on the network can perform the merge with the exact same files with no problem. We tried re-installing MS Office on the user’s workstation and the problem still persists. We resolved the problem by re-imaging the workstation. Workstation OS – Windows XP Pro Network Client - Novell Word Processing – Word 2003 Database – Access 2003 Both the document and the database are stored on the network server. I now have the exact same problem with another user with a different Word document and Access query. I would really like to avoid re-imaging if possible. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Mohican

Is it the user profile/account that is the problem, or is it the computer (all accounts) that have the issue? Life's more painless for the brainless.