I've tried to duplicate this and can't so I don't know what the cause might be. You could always see if running Help | Detect and Repair fixes it.

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"jms00" wrote in message ...
From within a Contacts List in Outlook2003, I choose a view. Then I go go
Tools...Mail Merge. I choose an existing document and browse to it (a ..dot
file) . Then click OK. Word opens. A blank document opens. Then the merge
document opens and I can merge. I'm just always left with an unneeded blank
document.

Hope you can help.

-jms

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Can you provide the exact steps to reproduce the problem?

"jms00" wrote in message ...
When using Mail Merge within Outlook 2003, a blank Word document opens up -
in addition to the merge file expected. Why does this happen? How can I
prevent it?
-jms