Using a FMP File as a Data Source From Within Word 97 or Word 2000?

[chattavegas]

I'm trying to find out if you can use a single-user FileMaker Pro file (4.x) as a data source from Microsoft Word 97 (Windows 95). I know in Microsoft Word 98 and Word 2001 (both for the MacOS), you can set up under your Tools Menu > Data Source Manager (Mail Merge Manager) a FMP file as a data source.

So my question is, can you do the same thing from within Word 97 for Windows? What about Word 2000? I know I could always export a tab-delimited file, but my client wants to access the data in her FMP file directly from within Word 97 for some very complex forms she already has templates of. To transfer all the data from those forms onto a FMP layout would be a nightmare.

I guess an alternate solution would be to scan those template files as images and put them on a FMP layout with the merge fields to be used on top of the image. It just seems like you would lose some of the print quality when printing.

Thanks,

Scott