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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / January 2005word 2002 once a letter is merged i can not edit it unless i un m.
I often merge a number of letters at once and sometims need to edit just one of the letters I used to be able to do this with word 2000 but in word 2002 the letter/s once merged seem to be locked That should not be the case. Once a merge is executed to a new document, that new document no longer has any connection with the merge process. I am not sure what you mean by "unless i un m." in your subject line.  SignaturePlease post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps Doug Robbins - Word MVP >I often merge a number of letters at once and sometims need to edit just >one > of the letters I used to be able to do this with word 2000 but in word > 2002 > the letter/s once merged seem to be locked Once merge is complete I can not then edit the letter ie I can not place the cursor in the text. I used to be able to make edits after merging with previous word edition. I often merge a letter to say 10 customers once merged I somtimes find the text does not look correct because of the differing sizes of the merged content and so before printing I would like to be able to insrt and elte spaces to correct the layout. As I say I used to be able to do this and I am not sure whats happened , maybe its just a setting preference that I do not Know about? Regards Philip Carr > That should not be the case. Once a merge is executed to a new document, > that new document no longer has any connection with the merge process. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > 2002 > > the letter/s once merged seem to be locked There is no setting that I know of that would cause this. What happens if you use Ctrl+A? Is all of the text in the document selected? If so, what happens if you then press the left arrow key? is the cursor then located at the beginning of the document? And can you then move it anywhere in the document? SignaturePlease post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Once merge is complete I can not then edit the letter ie I can not place > the [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> > 2002 >> > the letter/s once merged seem to be locked No matter where the cursor is before you merge once merged it appears at the top of the , page lefthand side.I can not then select any text , move the cursor , or type any text into the letter unless of course I un merge first. Regards Philip Carr > There is no setting that I know of that would cause this. What happens if > you use Ctrl+A? Is all of the text in the document selected? If so, what [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >> > 2002 > >> > the letter/s once merged seem to be locked And just how to do you "un merge" a document created by executing a mailmerge. AFAIK there is no way to do that. Something here does not ring true of a mailmerge. SignaturePlease post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps Doug Robbins - Word MVP > No matter where the cursor is before you merge once merged it appears at > the [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >> >> > 2002 >> >> > the letter/s once merged seem to be locked I have a standard letter to which i merge data stored in an acces db. once merged i can not edit the merged letter , i can not insert the cursor so i can not do anything. However i have now found i can select insert date ,if i do this and then undo the date insert and i can then edit the letter as normal.placing the cursor where i like. What do think is going on? > And just how to do you "un merge" a document created by executing a > mailmerge. AFAIK there is no way to do that. [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > >> >> > 2002 > >> >> > the letter/s once merged seem to be locked |
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