
Description
When you try to use the Word Mail Merge Wizard in Access/Office Version 2305 (in Current Channel, build 16501.20196 and 16501.20210) you receive an error message that Microsoft Word is required and the merge fails. It has been reported, but not yet confirmed, that the Word Merge icon in the ribbon might be disabled .
Cause
This happens because Word crashes when Access tries to start it for the merge.
Status
The fix is also in version 2305 build 16501.20228, as of June 24, 2003.
This is fixed in version 2306. If people want to validate, there should be a new build released to Current Channel (Preview), Build 16529.20126 very soon (this week), and is scheduled for release to Current Channel (probably with a slightly newer build) On June 26.
This is not an issue specific to Access, any attempt to start and show Word through automation causes Word to crash.
Until you install the fixing build you can use one of these workarounds:
Workaround 1: Roll back to an earlier version which does not have the bug, e.g. version 2304 build 16.0.16327.20308.
Workaround 2: Initiate the merge from Word and choose your database as the data source, rather than starting from Access.
It does appear that this is still somewhat fluid. Pending full resolution of the problem, it might be appropriate to implement one of the workarounds for now.
I was just on a Teams call with a co-worker where we went through sending a Mail Merge starting with Word and then starting it in Access. She has Version 2305. Neither way worked when selecting recipients from the Access Database. Works fine when selecting recipients from Outlook Contacts.
Also getting the 'Microsoft Word is required to run the Mail Mege Wizard' error in Access on Version 2305 Build 16.0.16501.20074
This is related so not just Mail Merge:
After 2305 was installed, users started reporting this error:
1004 - Paste method of Worksheet class failed
We have a module that outputs our reports to Excel via Word.
The APP first copies to Word for a clean formatted report (dumping directly creates a messy report).
Then the Word document is copied and pasted into Excel.
This line of code is the issue: (unchanged since 04/02/2003):
'Paste word data
objXl.Worksheets("Fox_Export").Paste
If I stop the code and then press continue, it works.
I tried using Resume with a counter in the error logic, but it did not work.
However, Resume without a counter did work, but it took up to 30 seconds before…