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Form text fields are disappearing during a merge to new docume
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. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "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? -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "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. |
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