EditMainDocument Method

Activates the mail merge main document associated with the specified header source or data source document.

Note  If the main document isn't open, an error occurs. Use the Open method if the main document isn't currently open.

expression.EditMainDocument

expression    Required. An expression that returns a MailMerge object.

Example

This example attempts to activate the main document associated with the active data source document. If the main document isn't open, the Open dialog box is displayed, with a message in the status bar.

Sub ActivateMain()
    On Error GoTo errorhandler
    Documents("Data.doc").MailMerge.EditMainDocument

    Exit Sub

errorhandler:
    If Err = 4605 Then StatusBar = "Main document is not open"
    Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen).Show
End Sub