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How can I protect a form and still have mail merge?
Hi there -
I'm trying to incorporate two aspects into one document: mail merge and form fields. It seems that no matter what I try, I can only have one of the two functioning properly at the same time. I can only have mail merge working but not the form fields because I haven't protected them OR the form fields working but not the mail merge because the document is protected. I have tried setting up two sections within the same document so that the mail merge is section 1 and the form portion is section 2 and only protecting the section 2 data but it still doesn't want to work for me. Any suggestions? |
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The two features are not compatible as you have found out.
The only way that you can achieve what you are after is to roll your own alternative to mailmerge using Visual Basic -- 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 "Beth" wrote in message ... Hi there - I'm trying to incorporate two aspects into one document: mail merge and form fields. It seems that no matter what I try, I can only have one of the two functioning properly at the same time. I can only have mail merge working but not the form fields because I haven't protected them OR the form fields working but not the mail merge because the document is protected. I have tried setting up two sections within the same document so that the mail merge is section 1 and the form portion is section 2 and only protecting the section 2 data but it still doesn't want to work for me. Any suggestions? |