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Excel table (not worksheet) as Word mail merge source

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(@pietc)
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Hello,

I'm using Power Query to create a table to use as a Word mail-merge data source. When I connect to the workbook from Word to select the data source, I can see the names of each worksheet (shown as a Table) but can't see the individual tables, which is what I want. I thought I'd previously been able to do this, but perhaps I've misremembered.
Could anyone please advise me if it's possible to select a specific table rather than an entire worksheet? I'd also be happy to connect to the underlying query, if that was an option...
Many thanks indeed.
Pieter

 
Posted : 09/01/2023 10:22 am
Riny van Eekelen
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I've been doing this many years and do not recall that you could ever select a table. Mailmerge looks at a single sheet to get the data from. I use PQ as well to generate tables for mailing letters to two different target groups of members in a club I'm active in. Each group's table get's loaded to their own sheet in the same workbook, and I have two letters in Word each merging with the relevant Excel sheet that contains only one table. Don't think you can do it any other way.

 
Posted : 09/01/2023 10:53 am
(@pietc)
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Thanks Riny for the very prompt and helpful reply. My memory must be playing tricks and at least I now know that what I'm looking to do can't be done!
Thanks again and happy new year.
Pieter

 
Posted : 09/01/2023 11:14 am
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