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How to protect the main document in a mail merge process
I have a main document that needs to print for each id numbers filed in an
Excel Spreadsheet. I'm using mail merge but the problem is that due to regulatory requirements I need to protect the main document during the mail merge but if I do so in Word 2002 (MS Office XP Pro) the mail merge function is not allowed. How can I perform this mail merge process maintaining protected the main document. Is there is a waork around in Word? Is the new Word 2003 have this capability? Is there is another MS or third party software that provide this capabilities? |
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The problem is that the regulatory document is the main one (source) which is
already approved and that I should prevent from inadvertend changes when a clerk load it to mass print it through mail merge function with the id numbers on each replication. If not, somebody will be required to verify that replications are identical to the source and I don't want to do that and put it in a written procedure. "Antonio Ortiz" wrote: I have a main document that needs to print for each id numbers filed in an Excel Spreadsheet. I'm using mail merge but the problem is that due to regulatory requirements I need to protect the main document during the mail merge but if I do so in Word 2002 (MS Office XP Pro) the mail merge function is not allowed. How can I perform this mail merge process maintaining protected the main document. Is there is a waork around in Word? Is the new Word 2003 have this capability? Is there is another MS or third party software that provide this capabilities? |
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Then use a macro to perform the mailmerge that contains in it the code to
unprotect the document so that the merge can proceed and reprotect it when completed. -- Please respond to the Newsgroup for the benefit of others who may be interested. Questions sent directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Antonio Ortiz" Antonio wrote in message ... The problem is that the regulatory document is the main one (source) which is already approved and that I should prevent from inadvertend changes when a clerk load it to mass print it through mail merge function with the id numbers on each replication. If not, somebody will be required to verify that replications are identical to the source and I don't want to do that and put it in a written procedure. "Antonio Ortiz" wrote: I have a main document that needs to print for each id numbers filed in an Excel Spreadsheet. I'm using mail merge but the problem is that due to regulatory requirements I need to protect the main document during the merge but if I do so in Word 2002 (MS Office XP Pro) the mail merge function is not allowed. How can I perform this mail merge process maintaining protected the main document. Is there is a waork around in Word? Is the new Word 2003 have this capability? Is there is another MS or third party software that provide this capabilities? |
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I follow you. I will work on it. Thanks!
"Antonio Ortiz" wrote: I have a main document that needs to print for each id numbers filed in an Excel Spreadsheet. I'm using mail merge but the problem is that due to regulatory requirements I need to protect the main document during the mail merge but if I do so in Word 2002 (MS Office XP Pro) the mail merge function is not allowed. How can I perform this mail merge process maintaining protected the main document. Is there is a waork around in Word? Is the new Word 2003 have this capability? Is there is another MS or third party software that provide this capabilities? |
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