Mail Merge error

Russk68

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Hi All
First time trying to do this:
I am trying to print labels from my Excel spreadsheet with Word using mail merge. It's a XLSM that I changed to XLSX. When Word tries to open the file, I get this message: This workbook contains unreadable content and cannot be opened.

Any ideas?

Thank you!
 

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changed or saved as, just changing the extension won't wash, you have to open in the original format and then save as
 
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Aside from the fact that merely changing the extension doesn't change the file type, why bother? A mailmerge will work quite happily with a xlsm data source.
 
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