Access vba open word document mail merge

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To open a Word document and perform a mail merge using VBA, you can follow these steps:

Step 1: Create a new VBA project

Open the Visual Basic Editor by pressing Alt + F11 or by navigating to Developer > Visual Basic in the ribbon.
In the Editor, click Insert > Module to create a new module.

Step 2: Declare the Word application object

In the module, declare a variable to hold the Word application object:
```
Dim wdApp As Object
```
Step 3: Create a new instance of Word
Create a new instance of Word:
```
Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
```
Step 4: Open the Word document
Open the Word document you want to perform the mail merge on:
```
wdApp.Documents.Open "C:\Path\To\Your\Document.docx"
```
Replace C:\Path\To\Your\Document.docx with the actual path and name of your Word document.

Step 5: Set the mail merge data source

Set the mail merge data source (e.g., an Excel worksheet):
```
wdApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource _
  "C:\Path\To\Your\Data.xlsx", _
  wdMergeDataSourceExcel, _
  "Sheet1"
```
Replace C:\Path\To\Your\Data.xlsx with the actual path and name of your data source file, and Sheet1 with the name of the worksheet containing the data.

Step 5 (optional): Set the mail merge fields

If your Word document contains mail merge fields, you can set them using the MailMerge.OpenDataSource method:
```
wdApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource _
  "C:\Path\To\Your\Data.xlsx", _
  wdMergeDataSourceExcel, _
  "Sheet1", _
  "First Name", _
  "Last Name", _
  "Email Address"
```
Replace the field names with the actual names of the fields in your data source.

Step 6: Perform the mail merge

Perform the mail merge:
```
wdApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Execute
```
Step 7: Close the Word application
Close the Word application:
```
wdApp.Quit
```
Step 8: Release the Word application object

Release the Word application object:

Set wdApp = Nothing

Here's the complete code:

Sub OpenWordDocumentAndPerformMailMerge()
  Dim wdApp As Object
  Set wdApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")

  wdApp.Documents.Open "C:\Path\To\Your\Document.docx"

  wdApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.OpenDataSource _
      "C:\Path\To\Your\Data.xlsx", _
      wdMergeDataSourceExcel, _
      "Sheet1"

  wdApp.ActiveDocument.MailMerge.Execute

  wdApp.Quit
  Set wdApp = Nothing
End Sub

Note: Make sure to replace the file paths and names with the actual values for your specific scenario.

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