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Can I use a form template document for mail merge?
I have created a form template document that has both checkbox and text form
fields. When I merge this document the check boxes come across, but the text fields disappear. Does anyone know if this is normal and if it is, is there a fix so I can get my text fields back? |
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You can unlock the document and lock the form fields before the merge. If
you need to relock the document as a form you would need to unlock the form fields and relock using a macro (before Word 2003). Note that Ref fields and calculation fields using your form field results may not work because the bookmarks can only refer to one set of form fields. What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. Hope this helps, -- 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "Just Checking" Just wrote in message ... I have created a form template document that has both checkbox and text form fields. When I merge this document the check boxes come across, but the text fields disappear. Does anyone know if this is normal and if it is, is there a fix so I can get my text fields back? |
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