MS Word mail merge - trouble with sign in

I´ve donwload the tool from Metalink. I can open the word template and I can see the buttons... When clicking on Get On Demand Data > Contacts... I am asked to Sign In.
I tried several forms of sign in... using the same for as I do sign in in OD... using the email... but up to now all of them are unsucessfull.
Pls. Any hints on how to do the sign in from Mail Merge ?
Antonio

Antonio, right click on the document and then click on Properties and then click on the Custom tab and make sure the OnDemandServer is set correctly -- secure-ausomxaya.crmondemand.com -- In this case the pod is aya.
Edited by: bobb on Jun 2, 2009 1:13 PM

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