connecting accessxp to wordxp (1 Viewer)

[AnnaFoot]

Hello,

I have just encountered my first client who has both accessxp and wordxp. The database, which happily mailmerges on my computer, will not on hers. I've tried every which way i can think of, but always when I'd expect to have the message asking for dde or odbc connections etc, it never comes, and her window shows all the tables and some of the queries, but not the query i want to join to.

Now i can replicate her list of choices by choosing the odbc conection option. Is something on her system set to assume odbc, that i can override? Any ideas where to look or how to.

I haven't looked at her machine yet, this is all conjecture due to phone conversations, but i'd like a heads up before i go.

I also have office xp, though mostly i use word97. Still, which ever version of word i use i can still get the connection choices box.

Any help greatly appreciated,

Thanks, Anna

 

[AnnaFoot]

Sorry,

I've just gone back to try it again - should have done that first -

but its the OLE DBfiles that replicate the list of available tables and queries, though queries are listed as views.

Anna