TextInput type FormFields are lost when doing a Mail Merge, but the
fix that MS has proposed is inadequate for my purposes.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=286841


The Word fill-in forms that I have been given - and cannot substantially
alter - have blank Word *form* fields - textInput, checkbox, and combobox
form fields. Some of these, I want to merge data into, some of these I
don't, but instead want them to be left blank for the user to fill in
manually *after the merge*. Although checkboxes and comboboxes remain after
the merge, any unfilled textInput boxes are not present in the newly created
document. The user cannot then tab between the unfilled Word form fields
and fill them in.

Microsoft's workaround above is about the same as mine - I put the text
"ff" in the original doc, and then use vba to replace that with a form
field (from Access):

..Application.Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
Do While .Application.Selection.Find.Execute _
(FindText:="ff", Wrap:=wdFindContinue, Forward:=True) = True
.ActiveDocument.FormFields.Add _
Range:=.Application.Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldFormTextInput
Loop

My main problem is that so far, I can only add a field - I cannot then
re-create the formatting that the original designers of the Word Document
intended
(underline, maximum width 2, uppercase, etc).



Darryl Kerkeslager

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