 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussionsAccessExcelInfoPathOutlookPowerPointPublisherWordDirectoryUser Groups Related Topics Outlook ExpressInternet ExplorerWindowsMS Server ProductsMore Topics ... |
MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / December 2003Locked Fields In Mail Merge
When I finalize my mail merge, I receive a message that says there are locked fields in the merge than cannot be updated. How do I find which fields/ words are locked and unlock them all? I created the merge from a basic letter and I am unaware of any locked fields. Thanks in advance! Which version of Word? What types of field do you have in your document? If you use Alt-F9 to show the field codes (so you see e.g. { MERGEFIELD xyz } ) does any of them have "\!" in them? Try selecting the whole document and using ctrl-shift-F11 to unlock all the fields prior to merging. -- Peter Jamieson - Word MVP > When I finalize my mail merge, I receive a message that says there are > locked fields in the merge than cannot be updated. How do I find which > fields/ words are locked and unlock them all? I created the merge from a > basic letter and I am unaware of any locked fields. > > Thanks in advance! Word 2002. I did the Alt + F9 and no ! in my fields. I have fields that I created such as Name, Address, Contract Number, Job #, License #, etc. No fields from the merge template itself. > Which version of Word? > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > > Thanks in advance! > Try selecting the whole document and using ctrl-shift-F11 to unlock all the > fields prior to merging. Did you try this? -- Peter Jamieson - Word MVP > Word 2002. I did the Alt + F9 and no ! in my fields. I have fields that I > created such as Name, Address, Contract Number, Job #, License #, etc. No [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > > > > > Thanks in advance! I did (sorry, I forgot to tell you that in my previous reply) and I'm still getting the same thing. It merges anyway and my document looks to be complete... > > Try selecting the whole document and using ctrl-shift-F11 to unlock all > the [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! OK, to be sure, you have to select the /entire/ document (control-A may be enough, I'm not sure). i.e. you may need to select headers/footers, any text boxes etc. which contain fields, and use ctrl-shift-F11 to unlock fields. If you have any graphics in your document, you may also have the problem mentioned in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292155 but if so, as far as I know it doesnt't quite tell the whole story. -- Peter Jamieson - Word MVP > I did (sorry, I forgot to tell you that in my previous reply) and I'm still > getting the same thing. It merges anyway and my document looks to be [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! Great, thanks Peter. I appreciate the feedback. Nathalie > OK, to be sure, you have to select the /entire/ document (control-A may be > enough, I'm not sure). i.e. you may need to select headers/footers, any text [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.