You'll probably have to reinstall Word, checking the links via Custom Installation. I've found that *.dbf is not in the default installation.

Barbara

>I'm having trouble with one newly setup (Win98) PC making the Foxpro selection for *.dbf show up in Word (Office 97) for merge. I have any number of other PC's (including Win98 and Office 97 Word) for which it appears just from a routine install.
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>Any suggestions?