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merge with an "online form" problem with text box
The Forms toolbar does not have combo boxes! It has drop downs.
-- 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. "Jessica Jones" wrote in message ... Good Monday Morning! Just to keep the information correct, I wanted to respond to and state that I definitely used the forms toobar and not the Controls toolbox with the checkboxes and combo box. That is really what has me so frustrated. Thanks Charles! "Charles Kenyon" wrote: My guess is that the combo boxes and checkboxes you have working are inserted using the Controls Toolbox rather than the forms toolbar. The reason I asked about the number of records is that I use a work-around for working with a single record, but it won't work with 25. Try Doug's solution. -- 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. "Jessica Jones" wrote in message ... I am up for trying anything. I have minor VBA and VB experience. Right now, we have about 25 records that I need to merge. Taking the information out of one program and using excel really only a sa middleware to add some more fields to be able to collect some information. Then, I wanted the online form to save the information as a delimited text file to be able to import into access. I know this is a very long way around, most would say, import it into access directly and use those forms. BUT, the people who will do the data entry are very afraid of access. Thanks for your rapid responses. I really appreciate your time. I knew there had to be a reason my text boxes were misbehaving. Why do the combo boxes and check boxes still work? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Yes, this is how it works. MailMerge and Online forms are mutually incompatible. If it is protected you can't merge. After you merge, your fields are gone. Part of this, I'm sure, has to do with using bookmarks for form fields. Bookmarks are lost in a mailmerge because they need to be unique. How many records are you merging into your form? -- 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. "Jessica Jones" Jessica wrote in message news I have created an online form that utilizes check boxes, text boxes, and a combo box. The data source is an excel worksheet. After I merge the data into the form, I protect the form. None of my text boxes will accept focus. The check boxes work fine and the combo box works fine. I will appreciate any help. Thank you. |
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