Mail merge default source

[Jonathan]

Guess what, I just got WD2003 ...
Mail merge in WD2002 remembered my source file used at Step 3 if I wanted to
do a second merge, but now when I complete the last step and start another
merge going, I need to Browse for the source. Again.
Am I missing a setting in Tools > Options or something else?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Did you save the mailmerge main document with the data source attached to
it?

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[Jonathan]

Thank you for your prompt reply. I've been revisiting what I was doing to
make sure I wasn't overlooking something obvious.
Saving the main doc with or without the data source is important? Even when
I experimented and did that, the 'Use an existing list' option still says
Browse without offering the last one I used. When I do a straight merge of a
new doc with an existing database, WD2003's Browse never offers one used
earlier, while in WD2002 it did. Unless I've missed a Tools > Options setting
or something?