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Dee - 10 Feb 2004 18:06 GMT

I created a document in Word using both text field and drop down boxes.
When I merge the letter with the date in Access, the text field boxes go
away, but the drop down stay. Is there a way to keep the text field boxes

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACTERS FROM EMAIL ADDRESS - 11 Feb 2004 03:57 GMT

Formfields are not compatible with mailmerge.

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>I created a document in Word using both text field and drop down boxes.
> When I merge the letter with the date in Access, the text field boxes go
> away, but the drop down stay. Is there a way to keep the text field boxes?

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 11 Feb 2004 20:19 GMT

Hi =?Utf-8?B?RGVl?=,

> I created a document in Word using both text field and drop down boxes.
> When I merge the letter with the date in Access, the text field boxes go
> away, but the drop down stay. Is there a way to keep the text field boxes?

See this Knowledge Base article

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211308
WD2000: Text Form Fields Are Not Retained During Mail Merge

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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