Yes, this is how it works. MailMerge and Online forms are mutually
incompatible. If it is protected you can't merge. After you merge, your
fields are gone. Part of this, I'm sure, has to do with using bookmarks for
form fields. Bookmarks are lost in a mailmerge because they need to be
unique.

How many records are you merging into your form?
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Jessica Jones" Jessica wrote in message
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I have created an online form that utilizes check boxes, text boxes, and a
combo box. The data source is an excel worksheet. After I merge the data
into
the form, I protect the form. None of my text boxes will accept focus. The
check boxes work fine and the combo box works fine.

I will appreciate any help.
Thank you.