I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document in an mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist? Not sure what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as in both 2000 and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder? Are you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document protected?



--
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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document in an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist? Not sure what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as in both 2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it doesn't
show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I have to do anything
special to make it show up? I will try again at home as that setup is likely
to be less complicated than the one at work in terms of where the templates
are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder? Are you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document protected?



--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document in an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist? Not sure what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as in both 2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

"merge options are grayed out"

If this is on the merge toolbar, you may not have a database selected. Can
you attach a data file?
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
news
It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it doesn't
show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I have to do
anything
special to make it show up? I will try again at home as that setup is
likely
to be less complicated than the one at work in terms of where the
templates
are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder? Are
you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document protected?



--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document in an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to
activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist? Not sure
what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as in both
2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

I am not sure that I understand your question. By "attach a data file" do you
mean select a data source for my merge data? If that's what you mean, then
no, I can't since the options to start the merge functions are what I can't
access on the toolbar. If that's not what you meant, please explain a little
differently. I have also tried the other suggestion of creating a new
document from the template I received, by using the File, New suggestion from
the other post, but the Mail Merge options are still greyed out.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

"merge options are grayed out"

If this is on the merge toolbar, you may not have a database selected. Can
you attach a data file?
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
news
It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it doesn't
show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I have to do
anything
special to make it show up? I will try again at home as that setup is
likely
to be less complicated than the one at work in terms of where the
templates
are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder? Are
you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document protected?



--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document in an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to
activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist? Not sure
what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as in both
2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

Is it "grayed out" on a toolbar or on a menu? Which merge options are grayed
out? I have the mailmerge toolbar displayed all the time and 90% of the time
most of the options are grayed out because the document isn't a merge
document or isn't attached to a datafile.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
...
I am not sure that I understand your question. By "attach a data file" do
you
mean select a data source for my merge data? If that's what you mean, then
no, I can't since the options to start the merge functions are what I
can't
access on the toolbar. If that's not what you meant, please explain a
little
differently. I have also tried the other suggestion of creating a new
document from the template I received, by using the File, New suggestion
from
the other post, but the Mail Merge options are still greyed out.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

"merge options are grayed out"

If this is on the merge toolbar, you may not have a database selected.
Can
you attach a data file?
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
news
It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it
doesn't
show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I have to do
anything
special to make it show up? I will try again at home as that setup is
likely
to be less complicated than the one at work in terms of where the
templates
are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder?
Are
you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new
document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document protected?



--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for
the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions
forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document in
an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to
activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist? Not
sure
what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as in both
2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

Whenever any document created from this template is open, when you select
Tools, the words "Mail Merge" (or the equivalent terms on XP version) on the
drop down menu are greyed out so that you cannot start the merge process.
Seems like any other time I have a document open, whether it's a blank new
one from "normal.dot" or an existing .doc, the Mail Merge option on the Tools
menu is available to me.

thanks for continuing to try and help on this one!

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Is it "grayed out" on a toolbar or on a menu? Which merge options are grayed
out? I have the mailmerge toolbar displayed all the time and 90% of the time
most of the options are grayed out because the document isn't a merge
document or isn't attached to a datafile.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
...
I am not sure that I understand your question. By "attach a data file" do
you
mean select a data source for my merge data? If that's what you mean, then
no, I can't since the options to start the merge functions are what I
can't
access on the toolbar. If that's not what you meant, please explain a
little
differently. I have also tried the other suggestion of creating a new
document from the template I received, by using the File, New suggestion
from
the other post, but the Mail Merge options are still greyed out.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

"merge options are grayed out"

If this is on the merge toolbar, you may not have a database selected.
Can
you attach a data file?
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
news It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it
doesn't
show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I have to do
anything
special to make it show up? I will try again at home as that setup is
likely
to be less complicated than the one at work in terms of where the
templates
are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder?
Are
you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new
document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document protected?



--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for
the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions
forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document in
an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to
activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist? Not
sure
what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as in both
2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

You must put it in the user templates folder (or a sub folder of that
folder) you can locate the correct folder by looking in tools options
file locations user templates to see what folder is defined there. It will
then show under file new and when you create a new document from it you
will have the required commands available.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Pat B wrote:
It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it
doesn't show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I
have to do anything special to make it show up? I will try again at
home as that setup is likely to be less complicated than the one at
work in terms of where the templates are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder?
Are you using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a
new document based on it as mail merge main document? Is the
document protected?



--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for
the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions
forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting
basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document
in an mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to
activate this function or what else you might need to know to
assist? Not sure what version of word the file was created in, but
I did a save as in both 2000 and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

I've done that, figured it out after I found the spot you mentioned.
Virtually all the options on the Tools menu still come up grey(like the
speller etc) when I use this template. Basically, it's a form with some
premade fields that are blank that I want to use for the mail merge.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You must put it in the user templates folder (or a sub folder of that
folder) you can locate the correct folder by looking in tools options
file locations user templates to see what folder is defined there. It will
then show under file new and when you create a new document from it you
will have the required commands available.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




Pat B wrote:
It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it
doesn't show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I
have to do anything special to make it show up? I will try again at
home as that setup is likely to be less complicated than the one at
work in terms of where the templates are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder?
Are you using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a
new document based on it as mail merge main document? Is the
document protected?



--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for
the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions
forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting
basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document
in an mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to
activate this function or what else you might need to know to
assist? Not sure what version of word the file was created in, but
I did a save as in both 2000 and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

Try recreating the template. Start with a new blank document and format its
margins the same way. Then copy all but the last paragraph mark from the old
template into the new document and save that as a template.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Pat B" wrote in message
...
Whenever any document created from this template is open, when you select
Tools, the words "Mail Merge" (or the equivalent terms on XP version) on
the
drop down menu are greyed out so that you cannot start the merge process.
Seems like any other time I have a document open, whether it's a blank new
one from "normal.dot" or an existing .doc, the Mail Merge option on the
Tools
menu is available to me.

thanks for continuing to try and help on this one!

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Is it "grayed out" on a toolbar or on a menu? Which merge options are
grayed
out? I have the mailmerge toolbar displayed all the time and 90% of the
time
most of the options are grayed out because the document isn't a merge
document or isn't attached to a datafile.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
...
I am not sure that I understand your question. By "attach a data file"
do
you
mean select a data source for my merge data? If that's what you mean,
then
no, I can't since the options to start the merge functions are what I
can't
access on the toolbar. If that's not what you meant, please explain a
little
differently. I have also tried the other suggestion of creating a new
document from the template I received, by using the File, New
suggestion
from
the other post, but the Mail Merge options are still greyed out.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

"merge options are grayed out"

If this is on the merge toolbar, you may not have a database selected.
Can
you attach a data file?
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
news It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it
doesn't
show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I have to do
anything
special to make it show up? I will try again at home as that setup
is
likely
to be less complicated than the one at work in terms of where the
templates
are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder?
Are
you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new
document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document
protected?



--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for
the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions
forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document
in
an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to
activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist? Not
sure
what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as in
both
2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

Couldn't copy anything ... In reviewing what type of menu options were
available to me, one of the few active ones is "Unprotect document" So,
basically, after all this, I think the file is password protected! Is there a
way to get around this by doing some kind of a save as to be able to
unprotect the background data of the file?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Try recreating the template. Start with a new blank document and format its
margins the same way. Then copy all but the last paragraph mark from the old
template into the new document and save that as a template.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
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"Pat B" wrote in message
...
Whenever any document created from this template is open, when you select
Tools, the words "Mail Merge" (or the equivalent terms on XP version) on
the
drop down menu are greyed out so that you cannot start the merge process.
Seems like any other time I have a document open, whether it's a blank new
one from "normal.dot" or an existing .doc, the Mail Merge option on the
Tools
menu is available to me.

thanks for continuing to try and help on this one!

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Is it "grayed out" on a toolbar or on a menu? Which merge options are
grayed
out? I have the mailmerge toolbar displayed all the time and 90% of the
time
most of the options are grayed out because the document isn't a merge
document or isn't attached to a datafile.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
...
I am not sure that I understand your question. By "attach a data file"
do
you
mean select a data source for my merge data? If that's what you mean,
then
no, I can't since the options to start the merge functions are what I
can't
access on the toolbar. If that's not what you meant, please explain a
little
differently. I have also tried the other suggestion of creating a new
document from the template I received, by using the File, New
suggestion
from
the other post, but the Mail Merge options are still greyed out.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

"merge options are grayed out"

If this is on the merge toolbar, you may not have a database selected.
Can
you attach a data file?
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
news It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it
doesn't
show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I have to do
anything
special to make it show up? I will try again at home as that setup
is
likely
to be less complicated than the one at work in terms of where the
templates
are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates folder?
Are
you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new
document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document
protected?



--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for
the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions
forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main document
in
an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how to
activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist? Not
sure
what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as in
both
2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

It is likely protected as a form. If you can see it, that is likely the
password protection that applies. I would have said this earlier but you
said it is not a protected form.

Import the file into another file. Insert File... (not as a link)


--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Pat B" wrote in message
...
Couldn't copy anything ... In reviewing what type of menu options were
available to me, one of the few active ones is "Unprotect document" So,
basically, after all this, I think the file is password protected! Is
there a
way to get around this by doing some kind of a save as to be able to
unprotect the background data of the file?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Try recreating the template. Start with a new blank document and format
its
margins the same way. Then copy all but the last paragraph mark from the
old
template into the new document and save that as a template.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.

"Pat B" wrote in message
...
Whenever any document created from this template is open, when you
select
Tools, the words "Mail Merge" (or the equivalent terms on XP version)
on
the
drop down menu are greyed out so that you cannot start the merge
process.
Seems like any other time I have a document open, whether it's a blank
new
one from "normal.dot" or an existing .doc, the Mail Merge option on the
Tools
menu is available to me.

thanks for continuing to try and help on this one!

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Is it "grayed out" on a toolbar or on a menu? Which merge options are
grayed
out? I have the mailmerge toolbar displayed all the time and 90% of
the
time
most of the options are grayed out because the document isn't a merge
document or isn't attached to a datafile.
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
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and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
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"Pat B" wrote in message
...
I am not sure that I understand your question. By "attach a data
file"
do
you
mean select a data source for my merge data? If that's what you
mean,
then
no, I can't since the options to start the merge functions are what
I
can't
access on the toolbar. If that's not what you meant, please explain
a
little
differently. I have also tried the other suggestion of creating a
new
document from the template I received, by using the File, New
suggestion
from
the other post, but the Mail Merge options are still greyed out.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

"merge options are grayed out"

If this is on the merge toolbar, you may not have a database
selected.
Can
you attach a data file?
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"Pat B" wrote in message
news It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it
doesn't
show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I have to
do
anything
special to make it show up? I will try again at home as that
setup
is
likely
to be less complicated than the one at work in terms of where the
templates
are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates
folder?
Are
you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new
document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document
protected?



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"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main
document
in
an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how
to
activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist?
Not
sure
what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as
in
both
2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...

Thanks so much, that worked! I went back into the questions and guess I
didn't fully understand the question regarding protection earlier on, since I
was able to do other things with the form. Should have realized something was
going on with it earlier than this in the thread! Again, thanks for your
perserverance.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

It is likely protected as a form. If you can see it, that is likely the
password protection that applies. I would have said this earlier but you
said it is not a protected form.

Import the file into another file. Insert File... (not as a link)


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Couldn't copy anything ... In reviewing what type of menu options were
available to me, one of the few active ones is "Unprotect document" So,
basically, after all this, I think the file is password protected! Is
there a
way to get around this by doing some kind of a save as to be able to
unprotect the background data of the file?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Try recreating the template. Start with a new blank document and format
its
margins the same way. Then copy all but the last paragraph mark from the
old
template into the new document and save that as a template.
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"Pat B" wrote in message
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Whenever any document created from this template is open, when you
select
Tools, the words "Mail Merge" (or the equivalent terms on XP version)
on
the
drop down menu are greyed out so that you cannot start the merge
process.
Seems like any other time I have a document open, whether it's a blank
new
one from "normal.dot" or an existing .doc, the Mail Merge option on the
Tools
menu is available to me.

thanks for continuing to try and help on this one!

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Is it "grayed out" on a toolbar or on a menu? Which merge options are
grayed
out? I have the mailmerge toolbar displayed all the time and 90% of
the
time
most of the options are grayed out because the document isn't a merge
document or isn't attached to a datafile.
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I am not sure that I understand your question. By "attach a data
file"
do
you
mean select a data source for my merge data? If that's what you
mean,
then
no, I can't since the options to start the merge functions are what
I
can't
access on the toolbar. If that's not what you meant, please explain
a
little
differently. I have also tried the other suggestion of creating a
new
document from the template I received, by using the File, New
suggestion
from
the other post, but the Mail Merge options are still greyed out.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

"merge options are grayed out"

If this is on the merge toolbar, you may not have a database
selected.
Can
you attach a data file?
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"Pat B" wrote in message
news It's not protected. I just put it in the templates folder, but it
doesn't
show up in any of the tabs when I select File New. Do I have to
do
anything
special to make it show up? I will try again at home as that
setup
is
likely
to be less complicated than the one at work in terms of where the
templates
are located.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

Did you save the template (.dot document) in the templates
folder?
Are
you
using FileNew and then selecting that template to create a new
document
based on it as mail merge main document? Is the document
protected?



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for
the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions
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directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Pat B" Pat wrote in message
...
I am trying to use a .dot document I received as the main
document
in
an
mail
merge, but the merge options are greyed out. Any ideas on how
to
activate
this function or what else you might need to know to assist?
Not
sure
what
version of word the file was created in, but I did a save as
in
both
2000
and
offxp and still had the problem.

Thanks ...