How can I lock a mail merge doc?

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Carmen Cartier - 22 Jun 2006 23:20 GMT

I do a mail merge doc, but I want to lock it with the possibility to do a
merge lettrer (f.ex). So when I want to protect the doc, the options are in
grey and it´s impossible to do it, only if I don´t have mail merge fields
(but if I have form fields I can do it).

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 23 Jun 2006 04:36 GMT

Why do you need to protect the document? If it's because you want to have
formfields in the document, the use of formfields and mergefields in the one
document is not possible.

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>I do a mail merge doc, but I want to lock it with the possibility to do a
> merge lettrer (f.ex). So when I want to protect the doc, the options are
> in
> grey and it´s impossible to do it, only if I don´t have mail merge fields
> (but if I have form fields I can do it).

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Candace - 23 Jun 2006 17:01 GMT

Will Word 2007 provide the capability to use form fields and merge fields in
the same document? If this is not the appropriate forum for this question,
please provide a link to the correct forum.

> Why do you need to protect the document? If it's because you want to have
> formfields in the document, the use of formfields and mergefields in the one
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> > grey and it´s impossible to do it, only if I don´t have mail merge fields
> > (but if I have form fields I can do it).

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 23 Jun 2006 18:55 GMT

While there are a new type of form control available in Word 2007, a test
that I performed just now indicates that they do not survive a mail merge.

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> Will Word 2007 provide the capability to use form fields and merge fields
> in
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>> > fields
>> > (but if I have form fields I can do it).

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