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MailMerge.EditMainDocument Method

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Activates the mail merge main document associated with the specified header source or data source document.

Syntax

expression.EditMainDocument

expression   Required. A variable that represents a MailMerge object.

Remarks

If the main document isn't open, an error occurs. Use the Open method if the main document isn't currently open.

Example

This example attempts to activate the main document associated with the active data source document. If the main document isn't open, the Open dialog box is displayed, with a message in the status bar.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub ActivateMain()
    On Error GoTo errorhandler
    Documents("Data.doc").MailMerge.EditMainDocument

Exit Sub



errorhandler:
If Err = 4605 Then StatusBar = "Main document is not open"
Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen).Show
End Sub

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