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.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"philip carr" philip wrote in message
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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