ARGHH ... "Publisher cannot complete the operation."

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Craig

Frustrated, ya better believe it

I've read the article "Creating Catalogs with Microsoft Office Publisher 2003" and inserting a graphic into a catalog from a database appears to be straightforward

However, I keep getting the error "Publisher cannot complete the operation" when I use the catalog wizard and use an Access 2002 or Excel 2002 file as the source for text and images

I followed all the directions in the article, especially those that explained how Publisher approaches image info in imported file

Does anybody have any ideas ..

Thanks in advance
Craig
 
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°°°MS°Publisher°°°

This is not the place to vent your frustration. You can vent your
frustration against that evil bonsai bush at the ballot box and vote against
the evil dog of the world.

Forget about using MS Access, it is one dog of a program that should be
removed from the store shelves.
With your Excel file, do a SAVE AS in CSV (Comma Separated Values) and use
that as your merge file and you will not have any problems.
I would also suggest you go to www.microsoft.com/data and download and
install the latest version of the MDAC Components which cover all versions
of Windows.

--
 
°

°°°MS°Publisher°°°

This is not the place to vent your frustration. You can vent your
frustration against that evil bonsai bush at the ballot box and vote against
the evil dog of the world.

Forget about using MS Access, it is one dog of a program that should be
removed from the store shelves.
With your Excel file, do a SAVE AS in CSV (Comma Separated Values) and use
that as your merge file and you will not have any problems.
I would also suggest you go to www.microsoft.com/data and download and
install the latest version of the MDAC Components which cover all versions
of Windows.

--
 
C

Craig

Well, I didn't make it out of the polling station.

Tried both suggestions and nada.

Anyone else know what could be happening?

Take care,
Craig
 
C

Craig

Well, I didn't make it out of the polling station.

Tried both suggestions and nada.

Anyone else know what could be happening?

Take care,
Craig
 
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Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]

Craig said:
I've read the article "Creating Catalogs with Microsoft Office Publisher 2003" and inserting a graphic into a catalog from a database appears to be straightforward.

However, I keep getting the error "Publisher cannot complete the operation" when I use the catalog wizard and use an Access 2002 or Excel 2002 file as the source for text and images.

I followed all the directions in the article, especially those that explained how Publisher approaches image info in imported file.

Can you send me your publication to (e-mail address removed) so I can test it?

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Office Publisher MVP
Official Publisher MVP Site:
http://www.kvalheim.org

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
 
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Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP]

Craig said:
I've read the article "Creating Catalogs with Microsoft Office Publisher 2003" and inserting a graphic into a catalog from a database appears to be straightforward.

However, I keep getting the error "Publisher cannot complete the operation" when I use the catalog wizard and use an Access 2002 or Excel 2002 file as the source for text and images.

I followed all the directions in the article, especially those that explained how Publisher approaches image info in imported file.

Can you send me your publication to (e-mail address removed) so I can test it?

--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Office Publisher MVP
Official Publisher MVP Site:
http://www.kvalheim.org

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
 

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