ambiguous name detected tmpdde

Ambiguous Name Detected: TmpDDE

Problem Description

The error is received when trying to merge a document.

It is caused from a corruption in the normal.dot file that serves as Word's global template due to an abnormal shutdown or the Winword task being killed inappropriately.

Tmpdde.dot resides in the normal.dot file and is part of the integration with Office Medicine.

Suggested Action

Word 2003

    Click Tools on the main menu bar and select Macro and Macros to open the Macros window.

    Click the Organizer button.

    Note: The Organizer should default to the Macro Project Items tab. If not, then select it.

    In the Normal.dot box, highlight Tmpdde.dot.

    Note: The file name may also be WordTmpDDEMod1

    Click Delete.

    Click Close to close the Organizer window.

    Close Microsoft Word.

    Continue with the merge.

Word 2007-2019

    Click on the View tab from the main ribbon and select the Macros button.

    Click Organizer.

    Note: The Organizer should default to the Macro Project Items tab. If not, then select it.

    Under the In Normal section, highlight and delete tmpDDE.dot.

    Note: The file name may also be WordTmpDDEMod1

    Click Close to close the Organizer window.

    Close Microsoft Word.

    Continue with the merge.

Word 2010 or Word 2013

    Click on the View tab from the main ribbon and select the Macros button.

    Click Organizer.

    Note: The Organizer should default to the Macro Project Items tab. If not, then select it.

    Under the In Normal section, highlight and delete tmpDDE.dot.

    Note: The file name may also be WordTmpDDEMod1

    Click Close to close the Organizer window.

    Close Microsoft Word.

    Continue with the merge.