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Micayla - 02 Jun 2004 07:10 GMT

can i have mail merge fields in a document if it is
locked? note that the section in which the merge fields
are located is not locked.
if it is not possible is there any way i can get around
the issue?
thanks very much!

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 02 Jun 2004 15:15 GMT

Hi Micayla,

> can i have mail merge fields in a document if it is
> locked? note that the section in which the merge fields
> are located is not locked.
> if it is not possible is there any way i can get around
> the issue?

Locked as in protected as a form?

No, the two features aren't really compatible. You can't
merge without removing document protection; and removing
document protection will tend to lose the text form fields.

See this Knowledge Base article for a workaround
WD2000: Text Form Fields Are Not Retained During Mail Merge
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211308

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

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