With the data from the required record displayed, run the following macro

Dim afield As Field
For Each afield In ActiveDocument.Fields
If afield.Type = wdFieldMergeField Then
afield.Unlink
End If
Next afield
ActiveDocument.Protect wdAllowOnlyFormFields
Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).Show

Enter a new filename when the FileSaveAs dialog appears as running this
macro will "destroy" the mergefields in the mailmerge main document.

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Hope this helps.

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"bambicats7" wrote in message
...
could you please tell me what the workaround is? I think I may be able to
use
it.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

As Doug said, the two features are not designed to work together.
However,
if you are using merge to fill in data from only one record, there is a
workaround. What, exactly, are you doing?
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"Trevor Drew" Trevor wrote in message
...
We would like to create a form that has some merged information on it,
as
well as check boxes, dropdowns and form text fields. After the merge
to a
new document, we would save it as a template and turn on document
protection
with a password. The recipient could then fill in the form, using the
check
boxes, drop-downs and text fields. However, when I merge the document,
the
form text fields disappear, whereas the check boxes and dropsowns
don't.
How
can I make the form text fields survive the merge? We are at Word 2003
SP1.