As you have discovered, the two features are incompatible.
An alternative would be to "roll your own" mail merge by creating a template
in which you insert {DOCVARIABLE} fields in place of {MERGEFIELDS}, then use
vba to iterate through the records in your datasource creating a new
document for each record and setting the values of the document variables to
the information contained in each record and then updating the fields in the
document. That can be done with the template protected for forms.
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Hope this helps.
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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"ebaltz" wrote in message
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I have created a mail merge document which includes text fields for users
to
fill in information. I want to set the limits on these fields and lock the
document so they can only input in the fields I have selected. However
when
I complete the merge, the resulting documents don't have the fields in
them
any more for text entry. The mail merge main document also does not allow
me
to lock a document so i would have to do it on a per merged document basis
I
gather. Any suggestions or solutions for this issue?