>>>Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>Can someone please tell me how I can set up a Word MailMerge so that the Main Document doesn't hold the path to the DataSource?
>>>
>>>Thanks in anticipation.
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>>Caroline,
>>Create your template w/o a datasource. ie: Start for a mail merge and do not get data (step 2). Edit main document by inserting field (mergefield). Save as template.
>>Cetin
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>Cetin,
>
>What if the user is in charge of creating the MailMerge Main documents now do you then change/stop the datasource path being saved?
>
>Thanks for all your help.

Assuming merge fields exists in both paths I wouldn't bother. Just opendatasource of my choice (as in code I sent yesterday).
Cetin