Thanks Russ,

How do I fix it? This came out of the blue and I need to do the merge.

Thanks
Irene

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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Message usually means that you no longer have an Outlook profile with a
valid mail transport designated as your default mail program. You made
some changes somewhere.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Irene Gaffigan" wrote in message
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I have been happily doing a mailmerge using Outlook 2003 and Publisher
2003.
I went to do one the other day and started to have all kinds of problems.

From Publisher when I choose "Use Outlook Contacts" I get a screen that
says "Data Link Properties" and asks for all kinds of info - never had
this
before and was always able to do merge. When I hit ok - I get an error
message:
"This operation cannot be completed because of dialog or database engine
failures. Please try again Later"

I have tried all the Link settings, but nothing works - Keeps saying
Publisher cannot open file. Very strange since I never had a problem
before.

I also have the same problem in Word - I have tried everything, nothing
fixes it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you
Irene