Contains the elements that hold mail-merge information for this document.
Usage
      
    Element Information
      
        | Element type | mailMergeElt | 
      
        | Namespace | http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml | 
      
        | Schema name | wordnet | 
    
Elements and Attributes
Parent Elements
      
        | Element | Description | 
      
        | docPr | Represents the document properties. | 
    
Child Elements
      
        | Element | Type | Description | 
      
        | mainDocumentType | mailMergeDocTypeProperty | Specifies a mail-merge main document type. The main document is the document that contains information that is the same for each version of the merged document -- for example, the return address in a form letter. | 
      
        | linkToQuery | onOffProperty | Specifies whether a mail-merge main document contains a query to its data source. If specified, the mail-merge document does not link to the data source by means of Microsoft Query. | 
      
        | dataType | mailMergeDataTypeProperty | Specifies the type of mail-merge data source (such as an Excel spreadsheet or Access database) and the method of data access (for example, by means of ODBC or DDE). | 
      
        | defaultSQL | onOffProperty | Specifies whether the mail merge will use the default SQL query string. | 
      
        | connectString | stringProperty | Represents the connection string used to open an external data source. | 
      
        | query | stringProperty | Contains the query that is run against the data source. | 
      
        | dataSource | stringProperty | Specifies the path to the mail-merge data source. | 
      
        | headerSource | stringProperty | Specifies the path to the mail-merge header source. | 
      
        | doNotSuppressBlankLines | onOffProperty | Causes Word not to print blank lines when a data field is empty. | 
      
        | destination | mailMergeDestProperty | Specifies the output of a mail merge. | 
      
        | addressFieldName | stringProperty | Contains the name of the data field with the destination e-mail or fax address. | 
      
        | mailSubject | stringProperty | Contains the text that appears in the subject line of the mail-merge destination e-mail or fax. | 
      
        | mailAsAttachment | onOffProperty | Sends the merged document to e-mail recipients as an attachment. | 
      
        | viewMergedData | onOffProperty | Specifies that merge data is displayed. | 
      
        | activeRecord | decimalNumberProperty | Specifies the active record that a main mail-merge document displays. | 
      
        | checkErrors | decimalNumberProperty | Specifies which mail-merge error checking and reporting option runs. 1) Simulate the merge and report errors in a new document. 2) (default) Complete the merge, pausing to report each error as it occurs. 3) Complete the merge without pausing; report errors in a new document. | 
      
        | odso | odsoElt | Contains settings related to the Office Data Source Object. | 
    
Attributes
None.
Definition
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<xsd:element name="mailMerge" type="mailMergeElt" minOccurs="0" ">
        
      </xsd:element>
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