What id MDAC 2.1? Also under the Symptoms of the Q237284 article is says

SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, if you perform a mail merge with a data source saved as a dBase (*.dbf) file, and you select a dBase format converter [for example: FoxPro Files via ODBC (*.dbf ...

I do not have the option to choose a *.dbf file. My drop down for data source does not have any *.dbf file type selections. I have never seen the "Cannot Find Installable ISAM" error message. Could this still be my problem?

thanks

brenda


>You upgraded to MDAC 2.1 at that time, correct? You can work around the >problem by checking out Q237284 WD97: Error Message: "Cannot Find Installable >ISAM".

>>2) about 6 months ago, my Word quite recognizing .dbf files of any kind: no
>>VFP, no FoxPro, no dBase. thank goodness this has not happened at any of the
>>client sites. but i have no idea what i loaded (visual studio, updates, etc)
>>that wiped out the ODBC from Word to .dbf. Any ideas how I can correct this
>>problem?