

Method 2: Do not open the Access 2007 database exclusively

Under General, click to select the Confirm file format conversion on open check box.Ĭlick OK to close the Word Options dialog box. Note To configure Word 2007 to show the Confirm Data Source dialog box when you attach a data source or insert a database, follow these steps:Ĭlick the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options. To use a different conversion method, click the conversion method that you want to use in the Confirm Data Source dialog box, and then click OK. For example, use the OLE DB Database Files conversion method. If this issue occurs when you are using the MS Access Databases via DDE (*.mdb *.mde) conversion method, use a different conversion method. Method 1: Use a different conversion method To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods, as appropriate for your situation. To open a database exclusively, you use the Open Exclusive or Open Exclusive as Read-Only option when you open the database. However, the database is opened "exclusively". You try to insert a Microsoft Office Access 2007 database into the Word 2007 document. Word 2007 and the data source or the database are not communicating through Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE).

This issue may occur if one of the following conditions is true: Note In this error message, program name is the program that is associated with the data source or the database. You may receive the same error message when you insert a database into a Word 2007 document. Word could not re-establish a DDE connection to program name to complete the current task.
