problem with form fields and mail merges

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Hi all,

I have a problem with a word document which contains form fields which have
to be filled out by different people. Now I would like to enter already
known information of the people in before hand with the mail merge which
works great in itself however for some reason when I carry out the merge
into a new document some of the form fields disappear. As in the tick boxes
and drop down menus are still available but normal text fields are no longer
available. Unfortunately I need these text fields because the document is
locked so all the other information can't be changed and only where they are
allowed to enter text they can. Further more (maybe that's might be the
problem as well, don't know) the content of the document is copied out of a
website so even people without internet access can fill out the document and
the format stays the same.

I hope I described the problem clear enough. Any help or thoughts which
could help me find out why the text fields disappear would be much
appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Mark
 
Hi Mark,
I have a problem with a word document which contains form fields which have
to be filled out by different people. Now I would like to enter already
known information of the people in before hand with the mail merge which
works great in itself however for some reason when I carry out the merge
into a new document some of the form fields disappear.
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Mail merge and form fields were never designed to be used together. It can be
worked around using a macro, see the KB article

WD2000: Text Form Fields Are Not Retained During Mail Merge [Q211308]
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211308

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

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thank you ... I will give it a go

Cindy M -WordMVP- said:
Hi Mark,
I have a problem with a word document which contains form fields which have
to be filled out by different people. Now I would like to enter already
known information of the people in before hand with the mail merge which
works great in itself however for some reason when I carry out the merge
into a new document some of the form fields disappear.
Click to expand...
Mail merge and form fields were never designed to be used together. It can be
worked around using a macro, see the KB article

WD2000: Text Form Fields Are Not Retained During Mail Merge [Q211308]
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211308

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

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or
reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
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