[Tom Bean]

macropod,

Here's an example of a merge field to include a document:

{ INCLUDETEXT "Agreement.doc" }

Tom

"macropod" wrote in message
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Hi Tom,

Can you post your field coding? You'll need to copy the text out of the
fields and type the braces into your newsreader.

Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Tom Bean" wrote in message
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macropod,

I tried putting the \! switch in one of the INCLUDETEXT fields and I
still got the prompt to open a read-only copy and I also had an "Error!
Bookmark not defined" error for every merge field in the included
document.

At this point, I don't guess there's anything to do to prevent the
'read-only' prompt.

Thanks,
Tom

"macropod" wrote in message
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Hi Tom,

Provided you put in switch in the INCLUDETEXT field and not the
MERGEIELD, I would expect so.

Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Tom Bean" wrote in message
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macropod,

The documents I am including have MERGEFIELDs in them also. Will the
MERGEFIELDs be updated in I use the switch?

Thanks,
Tom

"macropod" wrote in message
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hi Tom,

You could try adding the \! switch. This prevents the INCLUDETEXT
field updating cross-references imported from the source document,
which may be all you need.

Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"Tom Bean" wrote in message
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Occasionaly, a user has an included document open in Word while a
mail merge is running. This causes the mail merge to open a message
box with "Open document read-only?" The main document is opened
read-only so I thougth all the attachments would be opened read-only
too. But apparently not.

Is there any setting for INCLUDETEXT or for the Word application,
like DisplayAlerts, to prevent this message box?

Thanks,
Tom