Mail Merge to an Onscreen Form

[Brian Langley]

With Word 2000 I have set up a transmittal form that identifies contents of
a fax, fedex package or regular mail item. It uses check boxes and drop
down boxes to select standard items that we include in the transmittals
(meeting minutes, prints, samples, etc..) and text fields for further
description.

I'm trying to use a mail merge to print the form for each of the recipients
since the contents will be the same, but while the document is protected it
won't let me do a merge. I tried to use sections to set off the merge
fields, but it still won't let me select mail merge from the menu when the
merge fields are unprotected.

How do I make it work?

Brian Langley
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Peter Jamieson]

The starting point is...

Set up the mail merge source etc.

Create a macro that does at least

Sub MergeAForm()
With ActiveDocument
.Unprotect
.MailMerge.Destination = wdSendToNewDocument ' or whatever destination you
want
.MailMerge.Execute
End With
End Sub

Create a toolbar button that invokes the macro. It should be available even
though the generic Mailmerge option is not.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Brian,

You'll want to read up on this in the following KB article:

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=211308

With Word 2000 I have set up a transmittal form that identifies contents of
a fax, fedex package or regular mail item. It uses check boxes and drop
down boxes to select standard items that we include in the transmittals
(meeting minutes, prints, samples, etc..) and text fields for further
description.

I'm trying to use a mail merge to print the form for each of the recipients
since the contents will be the same, but while the document is protected it
won't let me do a merge. I tried to use sections to set off the merge
fields, but it still won't let me select mail merge from the menu when the
merge fields are unprotected.

How do I make it work?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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