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

Well, it _could_ be....

MDAC stands for Microsoft Data Access Components. In version 2.1, support for the Microsoft FoxPro ODBC driver was dropped, leaving the Visual FoxPro Driver to handle everything. Unfortunately, Word97 still wants to use the Microsoft FoxPro driver. The download from the article installs an alias into the ODBC list for Microsoft FoxPro VFP Driver (or something to that effect) so that Word will recognize it.