mail merge dialog boxes

[rutica]

Hi,
I have a 2003 Word document that contains Mail Merge fields from an
Excel document.

I am trying to make 2 buttons in Word.
-A button that opens the "Open Data Source" dialog box. (I will let the
users browse to where they save the Excel file).
-A button that opens the "Mail Merge Recipients" dialog box. (I will
let the user choose the recipients).

I was able to run a macro to get the code for the third button I need:
a button that launchs the "Merge to New Document".

Is it also possible to delete those 3 buttons once the New document is
created? The New document doesn't need the buttons, only the main mail
merge document.

Also, I was trying to protect my mail merge document, but when I go to
Tools, Protect Document, everything is grayed out.

Help!

Thanks,

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Why not just display the mailmerge toolbar. It contains those three buttons
among others.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com